From: "David K. Merriman" <merriman@arn.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 19:16:18 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Costs of Credit Card Fraud and Brute-Force Codebreaking
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>you're assessment that this cost our anon friend some money to obtain 
>these cc numbers is simply not true.  when you have nothing else to do, 
>choosing one thing over another involves no cost.  if anything, he made 
>money by using the cc numbers to make long dist calls instead of using 
>any cash he might have from working or an allowance.
>
>my $0.02,
>

There's also the factor that the dumpster diver is - if s/he continues the
practise in a certain area - going to learn which dumpsters are more likely
to contain valuta, thus reducing the 'overhead'.

My ha'penny :-)

Dave Merriman

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