A friend experienced a kind of credit-card fraud for which we can find no precedent or motivation. She received a few low-value items in the mail over the course of a few days, and found that one of her credit cards was being used for the purchases. She immediately reported the fraud to her credit-card company and canceled the card. Given that these were such low-value items, can someone please explain how the perpetrator hoped to benefit? Would a number of transactions be needed to verify the validity of a stolen or generated card? The orders apparently came from different fronts of the same company. Did the orders somehow establish the validity of the company for some fraudulent purpose?
This post was submitted by Grant.
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