After reading some of the incredulous comments on, “Easy For Fraudsters To Fool E-Ticket Kiosks,” we asked a former identity thief whether fraudsters ever actually used stolen credit cards for airline tickets. He said:

Yes, people card them and yes its very risky, however people have made a killing doing it.

— BEN POPKEN

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