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Chapter 1. The Dream (2010)

‘Max, do you have a dream?’

‘Yeah, world peace.’

‘What? Are you kidding me?’

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Chapter 19. The Members (2000-2013)

I often reference the carder message board. I suppose now is the time to tell about it and its members.

There have been about 8-10 large forums and about twenty or so short-lived small…

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Chapter 11. Anonymity and Naivety (2000)

Only after meeting QQ I realized how naïve we’ve been and how easy it was to catch us. The first, basic rule is to never use your real data in such business, which was something we’d done repeatedly…

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Chapter 22. @SS as POS (200?)

Once, Mickey picked up a girl somewhere in the red light district of one of European towns. Only when they were having a smoke between the acts did he remember that Pitbull had all the cash, and he was asleep in the hotel…

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Chapter 18. The Champions League (2002-2009)

Our first merchant accounts were opened in the names of actual Americans. At the time it was cheaper and easier. We didn’t have our own clean accounts in the US that we could use to open our own…

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Chapter 16. Buy it now (2001)

We didn’t have a serious source of stable income, and it was driving QQ mad. A couple of months prior he had bought an apartment, borrowing $25,000 from Nick, which meant that he was to zero. I felt perfectly calm, lived…

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Chapter 2.Captain America. From author 1 (2011)

High school reunions; is there anything more boring in the universe? I never enjoyed such gatherings: as far as I am concerned, it’s all about comparing dick sizes. Sometimes, of course, it can…

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Chapter 15.Back to the roots (2001-2004)

Anty, a guy from our course who dealt with online orders, called: ‘Guys, the situation is getting really bad! You have to come up with something new, because I keep typing in card numbers and the shops…

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Chapter 9. Place your bets (2000)

If I recall correctly, our first introduction to online casinos can be credit to Nick, who accidentally spotted a banner while browsing the porn. Frankly, I don’t even know how he spotted it in the sea of tits and…

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Chapter 20. Pitbull (2002)

I learned about this scheme from one of my old online buddies, a moderator of one of the better-known forums.

zippy: I tell you man, this is the future. real money, ya dig?
me: what are you on about? did…