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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 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 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…

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Chapter 21. The Plastic (2002-2007)

For our first time we ordered ten cards and an Estonian driver’s license. Three weeks later I got an email notification informing me that I could collect the order on a set day from a train manager of the train…