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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_iurln9h wrote

Reply to comment by haiduz in PSA: Employee at The Ashford stealing credit cards by gamerdudeNYC

Yup.

Way easier to purchase credit cards on the “dark web” than steal them in person.

No chance of getting caught online (there’s not enough resources to investigate, it’s just an insurance thing built into credit card fees).

Just buy numbers online and keep your day job.

There’s really no reason to lift a credit card to use yourself.

If you do lift cards, put a skimmer on a gas pump, collect a bunch and sell them. That can make financial sense.

But just stealing a couple is too stupid to be likely. The economics don’t make sense.

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gamerdudeNYC OP t1_iurtm3d wrote

But I used it at the Ashford on Sunday and then last night it was also used by someone again at the Ashford and later to try and buy casino credits

So unless the person bought it off the dark web and went to the same bar I went to on Sunday, I’m thinking it was an employee that took a picture of the front and back while I was there

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haiduz t1_iurnpcu wrote

The fact that the person bought online casino credits (online digital goods that can be converted to cash) makes me thing that it was probably someone that bought it online out of state rather than some local bartender with a crippling gambling addiction that he is willing to risk his job for.

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gamerdudeNYC OP t1_iurt940 wrote

It was used at the Ashford but whoever stole it and then a few hour later used to buy online casino credits, so I’m guessing it was the same person

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_ius8o6u wrote

Yup.

It’s not worth losing a job over something so trivial to get other ways.

And someone that stupid to risk a job would likely take it to a liquor store, or Walmart for impulse purchases. Order online with the number and pickup. Not something more sophisticated as you suggested.

Years ago I had a card that was likely cloned to be used at a liquor store, which was apparently down the street from where I legitimately used the card.

But back then magnetic strips were widely used, and cloning is trivial. With emv cards, it’s the default and beyond gas stations few places are even possible to use magnetic strips now.

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