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## Introduction

Carding (also known as scamming) is an art. It's basically ordering items from
the Internet (cellphones, laptops, tvs, etcetera) without actually paying for
it, or at least, not paying with your own money.

Now you will be wondering how we do this stuff. Well, most sites accept credit
cards as a payment form. These credit cards can be obtained from mIRC or from
public forums (you can just google them).

**For the dummies:** A creditcard is a 16 digit number, which can be used to pay
some kind of bank card. These are different types of creditcards:

- Visa
- Mastercard (MC)
- American Express (AMEX)
- Discover
- Novus
- JCB

When you get a credit card, you'll need to recognise the type.

- A card starting with a **4** is a Visa
- A card starting with a **5** is a Mastercard
- A card starting with a **3** and a total of **15** numbers long, is an AMEX
  (_American Express_)
- A card starting with a **6** is Discover/JCB

Some sites might ask for a CVV2, this is the three digit verfication code on the
back of the card, this is also pasted on forums.

**Notes**:

- AMEX (_American Express_) has a 4 digit verification code
- For _Discover_ cards, the code **000** can be used

There are some tips and tricks when you want to order something:

1. Look for a site with a shitty layout, they'll probably have a bad security
   and are "_cardable_" (this means you can easily get stuff from the site)

2. Try to use Discover or AMEX (_American Express_), these cards are less
   involved with chargebacks and most merchants (payment processors) won't
   verify these cards, instead of visa and mastercard which have a lot of
   chargebacks.

3. Don't use a store in your own country, especifically not big ones. Ebay is
   one of the best cardable sites if you have the right techniques

4. When ordering, some sites might ask for a billing address and a shipping
   address.

   **Billing Address** is the address listed on the creditcard

   **Shipping Address** is your address, the so called "_delivery address_"

## Ebay

As you probably know, ebay is an online auction site where goods can be sold and
bought by people all over the world.
This site is one of the most visited shopping sites, because of its large
variety of goods and prices, which can be lower than store prices.

Now the question is: _How to contact the seller and arrange the fraudulent
deal?_.

Well, to contact the seller you'll need an ebay buyer account. You will also
need to use a valid email address because you have to confirm your registration
and the seller_(s)_ will also reply to you on that email address.

If you see an item and want to buy it, first ask the seller a question, the
following one will work well:

> Hi
> I am from USA and I am interested in purchasing this item from you. I would
> like to pay it with my paypal, but the item is a gift for my cousin in
> Belgium. Can you gift wrap the package and calculate shipping costs for 2-3
> days delivery?.
> Please reply to me with the total price and your paypal address.

## Paypal

Paypal is an online payment method, which is used by a lot of ebayers and can be
funded by bank transfers or creditcards.

All you need for this is a USA cvv2 and a valid email address.

Fill in the form with the creditcard info (_name, address, city, state, zipcode,
country, etc_) and the email address you are using for Ebay. On the bottom of
the page, they will ask you to pick 2 security questiosn and give an answer on
those questions in case you forget your password.

Pick any random question and fill it in with random info, paypal cannot verify
it.

After you have signed up, go to your email inbox & click on the paypal email.
Inside, you will find a link which you'll to click in order to confirm the
registration, it will redirect you to another page that will ask you to confirm
your paypal password.

Fill it in, click on submit and paypal will ask you to add a bank account. We
are not interested in this, so click Skip. Then, you'll see your account
overview. In the left menu, click on "_Add a Credit Card_", on that page, it'll
ask you the cardholder's name, the ccnumber, the type of creditcard, the expiry
date and CVV2.

If all information is valid, click on Submit and hopefully you'll get a message
saying: "_You have successfully added a creditcard_". If you are unlucky, you
will get one of the following errors:

- This credit card has already been assigned to another paypal account, please
  use a different card.

- You have entered an invalid or partial credit card number

- Your card has been declined because we couldn't verify the 3-4 digit code on
  the back of your card

- This card has been declined by your bank issuer

After you have successfully added a card, look in your email inbox for some
replies from sellers which will contain a full price for the item. Go to your
paypal account, click on "_Send Money_", fill the recipent (seller's paypal
email), the amount and pick "_Auction Goods_" (non Ebay), on the next page,
create an item number (10 digits maximum) and a buyer ID (_johndoe9127_ for
example), as auction site select "_Other_".

Then, click on continue, it'll bring you to a new screen to confirm the
information you entered. As funding source, you'll see that the credit card is
selected.

On the bottom, ypi'll see that paypal automatically selects the credit card
address as shipping address. Leave it indicated like it is, it'll give the
transaction a very legit look.

Finally, click on "_Confirm_" and hope for the best. If your purchase was
successful, you'll get a message saying that you've sent cash or you paid for an
online auction.

Then return to your paypal account and log out. Go to your inbox, tell the
seller the money has been sent and provide the shipping address in the mail.

Also ask him to mail you back once the package is shipped.

If everything is okay, you should have the package in one week. After a while,
the seller might mail you to tell you that the payment has been reversed and
asking you to send it again. Simply ignore these emails by marking them as spam.
