How To Make Anonymous Credit Card Payments Online
July 29, 2015 | Technology
Back in the old days (when I say “old” I mean a few years ago), making anonymous payments was pretty easy. Dealing in cash is about as anonymous as it comes.
You could also get a money order or a bank check and mail it to whomever you needed to and it couldn’t be traced back to you. In those transactions, when money exchanged hands, the transaction was not recorded or linked to anyone.
Easy enough.
In today’s online world, where credit card transactions are the norm, it’s not as simple. Your credit card is linked to you, as are other forms of payment such as wire transfers or PayPal.
Case Study
We recently worked on a case where we needed to purchase services for several thousand dollars and we needed to do it completely anonymously. Also, we wanted this transaction to appear as “normal” as possible so as not to raise any suspicion from the party that we were purchasing the services from, so ideally, we wanted to pay via credit card or PayPal.
Since it was an online transaction, sending a money order or a bank check was not an available option.
PayPal was also out, as we would have to register our name and address with the transaction.
And using a personal credit card was not an option, as we didn’t want any of our names attached to the transaction.
Prepaid Credit Cards
After some research, it seemed like a prepaid credit card was the best option. Prezzy cards had us covered.
Buy up to 30 cards online for $5.95 per card.
Cards can be loaded with between $25 and $500 on each card.
Prezzy cards ordered online can be sent to any postal address within New Zealand.
Cards are dispatched via courier to be received within 5 working days after you complete your order.
Buy at your PostShop for $5.95 each using cash or Eftpos and load $25 to $1,000 on each card.
Pretty simple.
Just makes me wonder how easily crooks can launder money or how easy it is to make anonymous bribes.
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- Article originally on diligentiagroup.com.
