amazonaws.com?

Sun May 25 02:13:19 UTC 2008

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Barry Shein <bzs at world.std.com> wrote:
> Even when someone declines a charge it doesn't mean you can't collect
> what you believe to be money legitimately owed you. You can hand it to
> a collection agency if it's worthwhile. If not (e.g., you took a card
> w/o any verification from someone in a country whose name you can't
> even pronounce) OH WELL, you're a fool, or it better be part of your
> cost of doing business.

The funny part is, the scam artists already know that "mismatch
between account holder's name and cc holder's name / address /
country" is one of the first and most elementary anti fraud checks.

So, if they steal a cc from Joe Sixpack of Bumfuck, Iowa, guess who
signs up to Amazon AWS for 200 VMs and 20 minutes worth of service?

--srs