2006-10-09 13:12:32 · 4 answers · asked by dwayne t 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
stealing credit card details is a piece of cake.
using them isn't.
it boils down to whether the law enforcement agency on the case consider it worthy of the amount of cash they'd have to spend to catch the criminal in question.
if it costs more government money to catch someone than the credit card fraud which was committed then often times they won't bother if it's not going to be an easy catch.
international laws also apply in terms of extradition and whether the country the criminal is a resident of considers it an actual 'crime'.
this is why in countries which don't consider writing viruses a crime like china america has a hard time getting a conviction against teenagers who write devastating viruses or who hack american military computers.
2006-10-09 13:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by piquet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably because people were unaware of it until the bill from the credit card company came in -- which could be a couple of weeks.
Technology is catching up though. Recently my credit card company instituted a program whereby I am notified immediately if a charge over an amount I specified, is charged to my account. If the charge were not legitimate, I could immediately notify the company, which could invalidate that number, and send out an alert for anyone trying to use it.
It's about time and I hope they all follow this procedure ASAP.
2006-10-09 13:20:10 · answer #2 · answered by StillLearning 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh...rest assured...they get caught, eventually. And one way or another.
What comes around, goes around.
2006-10-09 13:14:17 · answer #3 · answered by ○Freeman○ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can steal all you want its using it that is the tricky part...
2006-10-09 13:15:03 · answer #4 · answered by jdhayman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋