Massive credit card heist suspected Over 140,000 transactions run through tiny Net firm By Bob Sullivan MSNBC Sept. 13 â?? A Los Angeles-based Internet company said that 140,000 fake credit card charges, worth $5.07 each, were processed through its transaction system Thursday, in a computer scam that may have effected as many as 25 companies. The apparent fraud suggests that a computer criminal may have obtained a sizable list of stolen credit card numbers and was testing them for validity, credit card fraud expert Dan Clements said. Lets see here ... 140,000 X $5.07 = $709,800.00 Doesn't sound like a validity test to me. Sounds almost like early retirement.
