Ask HN: Fake CC that you can give to scammers and they get owned I was wondering why isn't there an app that generate fake cc numbers that are valid and when scammers use them, it gets traced and instantly gets reported to relevant law authorities. |
Ask HN: Fake CC that you can give to scammers and they get owned I was wondering why isn't there an app that generate fake cc numbers that are valid and when scammers use them, it gets traced and instantly gets reported to relevant law authorities. |
Likewise card companies can and do report fraud to the relevant law enforcement authorities.
Credit card fraud detection already includes a lot of sophistication. The problem with stopping it and prosecuting offenders comes mainly from the scale of fraud, the relatively low amounts involved, and the cross-border nature of the crime.
Many credit card providers, at least in the US, let their customers generate single-purpose or short-term card numbers, for when you don’t trust the merchant, or need to let someone else use your card.
If we knew in advance that someone intended to scam us we wouldn’t give them a credit card number at all. How would anyone know when to use a fake number?
My experience with using short-term card numbers has been validation failure in the webforms where I try to use them.