Article 3V9R8 Thieves use free-to-play games to turn stolen credit-card numbers into cash

Thieves use free-to-play games to turn stolen credit-card numbers into cash

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Markets for video-game assets, sanctioned and unsanctioned, are a major target for credit-card scammers, who use bots to open fake Apple accounts using stolen cards, which are then used to buy up in-game assets that are flipped for clean, untraceable cash to players. (more")

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