[Mac Howard]

A few months back someone bought an item on ebay in my name for $187 - I've never had an ebay account but, hell, did it prove difficult to get the money back. The cc company was of little use. In the end ebay refunded the money but I don't know if they ever found out who'd opened an ebay account in my name and with my card.

On a more serious note, a case against an alleged peodophile has collaped in the UK because of cc fraud. The evidence against him came from the list of 7,200 numbers found with a child porn operation by US authorities and sent to the UK. However, the guy who ran the site has a record for cc fraud and the alleged peodophile was able to show that his c-card record shows he was apparently in the UK and the US simultaneously. The case has fallen through and it's thought that many others may now follow suit.