QUOTE (SuperFly @ Apr 22 2003, 03:06 AM)
QUOTE (Gilby @ Apr 22 2003, 02:48 PM)
Scam... they have bought advertising on my sites using many stolen credit cards.
That's a real serious fraud.

Why haven't we heard of this???
Over the past couple weeks we've had a serious problem with fraudulent purchases made with stolen credit cards. Some days, almost 50% of the total dollar amount of purchases have been made with stolen credit cards. A lot of it has been blocked or stopped before all funds ran out on the links, but some did get through.
So, recently, I've been working on adding an automated screening system that will look for signs of fraud and if any sign is found, it will flag it for review and not instantly activate the purchase. Of course, the major downside is that many of the legitimate purchases do not get instantly activated. This system is now in place and is still being fine tuned.