How to Sell CVV Websites for Carding
Discover the steps and considerations for selling CVV websites used in carding operations.
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Offering CVVs for sale online is illegal in the United States. 18 U.S.C. 1029 makes it a crime to traffic in access devices, a category that covers credit card numbers and the verification codes printed on them. A seller does not need to use a stolen card to break the law. Advertising, transferring, or brokering the data is enough for a charge.
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover print a three-digit code on the back of a card. American Express prints four digits on the front. Network documents call it CVV2, CVC2, or CID. Merchants use it to check that the buyer holds the physical card. PCI DSS prohibits storing the code after a transaction authorizes.
Carding is the use of stolen card data to buy goods, load gift cards, or move funds. A seller who supplies card numbers, ZIP codes, and CVVs hands the buyer the three fields that most card-not-present checkouts request. Prices in these markets run from about $1 for a bulk list to $50 or more for data tied to a high-balance account. The price is not a signal that the data works.
18 U.S.C. 1029 sets statutory maximums of 10 to 15 years per count, plus fines, with higher ranges for aggravated conduct. 18 U.S.C. 1028A adds a mandatory two-year term, consecutive to any other sentence, when the offense involves another person's identity. Sentences turn on the number of devices, the dollar loss, and prior convictions. Federal courts do not offer parole.
Many sites that advertise CVV sales take payment and deliver nothing, or deliver lists of dead numbers. A buyer who is cheated cannot report the fraud to police without describing a crime. Card networks use tokenization, 3-D Secure, and risk scoring. An issuer can void a card within minutes of a suspicious charge. Undercover agents and postal inspectors buy from these shops to build cases, so a purchase can become evidence against the buyer.
Cardholders report stolen card data to the issuer and to the FTC through IdentityTheft.gov. The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center collects access device fraud complaints. The US Secret Service holds primary jurisdiction over payment fraud cases.