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Badmaash 03-06-2011 09:03 AM

UK affiliate program run by three 14 year olds busted
 
UK affiliate program run by three 14 year olds busted, they were skimming credit card details and made £1.2billion

They are now in jail living in lavish cells

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/ma...scam-teenagers

mafia_man 03-06-2011 09:08 AM

They didn't make 1.2 billion you sensationalist.

Quote:

Police estimate that losses from the thousands of credit details traded over the site, Gh0stMarket.net, amount to £16.2m. The web forum, which had 8,000 members worldwide, has been linked to hundreds of thousands of pounds of registered losses on 65,000 bank accounts.
And lavish cells? I ask anyone who has been in a prison in the UK if it's "lavish".

DVTimes 03-06-2011 09:12 AM

british are best

Badmaash 03-06-2011 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mafia_man (Post 17961072)
They didn't make 1.2 billion you sensationalist.



And lavish cells? I ask anyone who has been in a prison in the UK if it's "lavish".

Well they made more than any of us affiliates........ and only at the age of 14

ottopottomouse 03-06-2011 09:14 AM

You don't half post some bullshit exaggerations of your news links.

Emil 03-06-2011 09:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badmaash (Post 17961076)
Well they made more than any of us affiliates........ and only at the age of 14

Illegally, yes. I can rob a bank and be rich for 10 minutes before the cops get me.

Badmaash 03-06-2011 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emil (Post 17961080)
Illegally, yes. I can rob a bank and be rich for 10 minutes before the cops get me.

But we still got to give they kids props who just turned 14, I mean how many of us would have thought of running an intricate crime mafia through the internet?

Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life 03-06-2011 09:21 AM

Where's the part about them running an affiliate program? All I see is them running a forum... :2 cents:

Rochard 03-06-2011 09:25 AM

Fucking classic.... The entry barrier is set really low here!

Paul Markham 03-06-2011 09:42 AM

Bloody shocking and they should of gone away for longer. They will end up spending 1/2 of that time in prison.

Badmaash 03-06-2011 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat (Post 17961089)
Where's the part about them running an affiliate program? All I see is them running a forum... :2 cents:

If they are paying commision to people to launder their funds then its an affiliate program

Agent 488 03-06-2011 09:53 AM

retard thread.

Due 03-06-2011 12:18 PM

All links pulled, thanks for the heads up!

adultzone 03-06-2011 12:27 PM

Oh my.....

johnnyloadproductions 03-06-2011 12:30 PM

14, I can't help but think of anonymous and 4chan when that is said. I give credit to ambitious youths but come on?

Deputy Chief Command 03-06-2011 12:33 PM

where does it say anything about 14 year olds though ?

B.Barnato 03-06-2011 12:34 PM

your reading skills...not so good

lagcam 03-06-2011 07:50 PM

Scams have always existed, and there has always been opportunities for kids to supplement their allowance.

The internet just makes it easier to anonymously scam a wider number of people for a larger amount of money.

DamianJ 03-07-2011 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mafia_man (Post 17961072)
They didn't make 1.2 billion you sensationalist.

They didn't run an affiliate programme either.

DamianJ 03-07-2011 02:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badmaash (Post 17961133)
If they are paying commision to people to launder their funds then its an affiliate program

Where does it say they are paying commission?

Nathan 03-07-2011 03:17 AM

Classic GFY bullshit post :)

Where does it say they were 14?? They were 18 and 17 in oc 2009! So they are NOW at least 19 and 18...

They also did not even make the 16m pounds (or rather steal)... That's the estimate of damage done by the site. They likely stole only a fraction of that.

They are not very bright either, considering they came back to the UK after jumping bail!

SGS 03-07-2011 03:21 AM

Adapt or die.

seeandsee 03-07-2011 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badmaash (Post 17961065)
UK affiliate program run by three 14 year olds busted, they were skimming credit card details and made £1.2billion

They are now in jail living in lavish cells

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/ma...scam-teenagers

14 yrs?!??!? super genius kids going wrong biz

djroof 03-07-2011 05:06 AM

real biz :P

Coup 03-07-2011 05:09 AM

Those delicious paint chips you ate off of your windows sill as a child.. probably not such a hot idea. :2 cents:

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Altwebdesign 03-07-2011 08:43 AM

16mil, still a wedge but a long way from 1.2bil

DaddyHalbucks 03-07-2011 09:13 AM

I hope they learn a lesson.


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