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A bank fraudster told how he steals millions from bank cards.
In a month I earned 170 thousand dollars
I got into this field more than two years ago, through a friend. My exact age is seventeen, my IQ is 189, Sasha begins.
That's not the guy's real name. He's a bank fraudster. Someone who knows better than you how much money is on your card. And the one who is most likely to steal this money from you. Sasha works in a group of 282 people and earns millions every month from those who lose their vigilance and disclose their card details. We met Sasha thanks to our columnist Olga Novgorodova, from whom he stole money through BlaBlaCar (and then returned it).
I have more than a hundred conversations with potential victims a day, and the BlaBlaCar project has more than 200,000 conversations in total. Over the past month, I have earned 170 thousand dollars (more than 12.5 million rubles. - Editor's note), not counting the percentage of projects in which I am the main one. The project is called a platform like BlaBlaCar. In addition to BlaBlaCar, I work in three other projects: OLX (Ukrainian platform), Avito and AliExpress. BlaBlaCar and AliExpress generate the most revenue.
While the victim did not have time to enter the 3-D Secure code (two-factor user authentication protocol, the most modern technology for ensuring the security of card payments on the Internet. - Editor's note), the handle changes the starting price. For example, from 500 rubles to 10 thousand rubles. Then the victim enters this 3-D Secure code (it comes to the phone) and all the money goes to our pocket. The pen works very quickly, adding only one or two zeros.
How much do bank fraudsters earn?
My earnings depend on what day I had and how many people I went through. The figure starts from 100 thousand rubles a day. The most successful day was when I withdrew 700 thousand. I don't get all the money in my hands, only 80%. The remaining 20% is spent on maintaining the entire project. This amount includes the content of the bot, proxy servers, team, BlaBlaCar accounts, and domains.
I prefer to say that I steal from those who steal from the country. I'm not Robin Hood, I just love justice.
We take money from those whose balance starts from 15-20 thousand rubles. These people, of course, are not stealing from the country, but they are not poor either. If you were saving up for something important, you would keep your money in bitcoins.
In addition to projects, we work with individuals. This is hacking accounts, searching for information about a person, black notary. We don't do murder. The price depends on the amount of work: for example, a black notary costs from $ 2,000, information about a person - $ 500, hacking any account - $ 1,000. Everything is top notch, so prices bite. Once we broke the personal account in the bank of Chemezov (General Director of Rostec, member of the bureau of the Supreme Council of United Russia. - Editor's note) Found a lot of things there.
Poland, France, Russia - our geography. We also tried it in Germany, but it didn't work out. I prefer France, I go out to Russia to laugh at how people shit on me and say that they will find me. We have a majority of Ukrainians in our team, but this has nothing to do with the war in Donbass. It's just that it's hard to get it from another country, and most people in Ukraine know Russian.
This is how the summary table of the earnings of a group of scammers looks like
«Yesterday we had 284 people in our team. One is crippled, and the other doesn't remember his name»
Currently, our team consists of 282 people aged 16 to 38 years. New people get to us only through acquaintances, pass an IQ test. We only take those with an IQ above 150. In addition, those who work with us must know at least three programming languages, speak English, and have knowledge of psychology. I have a degree in economics and psychology. We don't have any KPIs (key performance indicators. - Editor's note) and a free schedule.
We have everyone for themselves, but all for each other. We say, "If you sit down and tell us about us, we'll find you". Sometimes these threats have to be implemented, but I have special people to do this. Yesterday we had 284 people in the team, but two of them "left" the team. To put it bluntly, one is a cripple, the other doesn't remember his name. They gave up our men in France. They are struggling with this more globally. Special forces and Marines of the French Navy detained a couple of our guys.
«But I'm not afraid to "leave" the team. Why? Because I pay my people too much. These are my babies, my team»
I would not say that Russia uses any radical measures to combat this type of fraud. No one from our team, who works only with Russia, was detained. You can leave the team, but without sharing information about us. Few people leave, though. All 282 people know each other, just like in the village. It happens that we all meet together abroad, lately we like to fly to Bali. We see through each other's bank accounts, but we don't steal from our own people.
If a loved one was a victim of my colleague, I would refund the money.
«I'm not afraid of being found»
Now we are communicating with you via a one-time number, but that's not the trick. All my text messages pass through several hundred numbers and only then get to you. Robots send text messages from one number to another until the message reaches the end. And so on in a few hundred numbers. If you break through our phone number via GetContact (caller ID service. - Editor's note), it will show: fraudster BlaBlaCar. This is due to the fact that people send a complaint about the phone number to GetContact on the same day that they were deceived.
«We have to change the final number every night»
To be safe, we also use a proxy that redirects everything through servers in other countries, virtual machines, IP address replacement, and VPNs.
So it is best to keep money in cash in a safe, there is no perfect protection. We store everything in bitcoins, but we don't withdraw large amounts. If you need money, take it back from Bitcoin.
«I'm not afraid of being found, because it's impossible»
A bank fraudster told how he steals millions from bank cards.
In a month I earned 170 thousand dollars
I got into this field more than two years ago, through a friend. My exact age is seventeen, my IQ is 189, Sasha begins.
That's not the guy's real name. He's a bank fraudster. Someone who knows better than you how much money is on your card. And the one who is most likely to steal this money from you. Sasha works in a group of 282 people and earns millions every month from those who lose their vigilance and disclose their card details. We met Sasha thanks to our columnist Olga Novgorodova, from whom he stole money through BlaBlaCar (and then returned it).
In addition to BlaBlaCar, we use Avito and Yandex.Taxi", OLX, AliExpress, any delivery - SDEK, "New mail", "Russian Post". Anything where you can pay online. It is very convenient to use delivery, as you can always find "mammoths "(victims. - Editor's note) then feed them "breakfasts", for example, that I was late because of a traffic jam or because I was picking up a person. We call the victims mammoths, because in the past we received a lot of things from mammoths and their remains: food, a house, clothes. In general, we have the same thing. For us, people are food, home, and clothing.The fraudster told how he steals money from cards, what happens to former colleagues, and why they will never be found.
I have more than a hundred conversations with potential victims a day, and the BlaBlaCar project has more than 200,000 conversations in total. Over the past month, I have earned 170 thousand dollars (more than 12.5 million rubles. - Editor's note), not counting the percentage of projects in which I am the main one. The project is called a platform like BlaBlaCar. In addition to BlaBlaCar, I work in three other projects: OLX (Ukrainian platform), Avito and AliExpress. BlaBlaCar and AliExpress generate the most revenue.
The mechanics of money withdrawal are quite simple: a person goes to the site, enters the most common data - name, meeting place, and so on, then follows the link to the payment page and automatically enters card details, including *** or CVC. We have a man sitting here whose name is Pen. This is something like a brief description of its functionality, it is responsible for all payments.How money is withdrawn from the card
While the victim did not have time to enter the 3-D Secure code (two-factor user authentication protocol, the most modern technology for ensuring the security of card payments on the Internet. - Editor's note), the handle changes the starting price. For example, from 500 rubles to 10 thousand rubles. Then the victim enters this 3-D Secure code (it comes to the phone) and all the money goes to our pocket. The pen works very quickly, adding only one or two zeros.
We have everything set up to take the maximum amount of money from the victim's account. There are banks that block cards. This happens when three or more payments are received for the same amount. Or the limit is exceeded: for example, if the amount is 40 thousand rubles, the bank may block the card. In this case, we do not bother and merge (leave. - Editor's note), but if there is a large amount of money, then we start thinking."We immediately know how much is on your card: its number and *** - code are enough to enter the bank's personal account. These operations are performed by the robot»
"The maximum amount that we took away from one card is 400 thousand dollars, it was an American transaction»
How much do bank fraudsters earn?
My earnings depend on what day I had and how many people I went through. The figure starts from 100 thousand rubles a day. The most successful day was when I withdrew 700 thousand. I don't get all the money in my hands, only 80%. The remaining 20% is spent on maintaining the entire project. This amount includes the content of the bot, proxy servers, team, BlaBlaCar accounts, and domains.
I prefer to say that I steal from those who steal from the country. I'm not Robin Hood, I just love justice.
"Our team does not touch people who already have no money. There were even cases when we threw money to grandmothers on cards»
We take money from those whose balance starts from 15-20 thousand rubles. These people, of course, are not stealing from the country, but they are not poor either. If you were saving up for something important, you would keep your money in bitcoins.
"I don't work for money at all, I like to communicate with people. Man is like a Rubik's cube, I want to figure out how to cheat one or the other»
In addition to projects, we work with individuals. This is hacking accounts, searching for information about a person, black notary. We don't do murder. The price depends on the amount of work: for example, a black notary costs from $ 2,000, information about a person - $ 500, hacking any account - $ 1,000. Everything is top notch, so prices bite. Once we broke the personal account in the bank of Chemezov (General Director of Rostec, member of the bureau of the Supreme Council of United Russia. - Editor's note) Found a lot of things there.
"We steal in different countries, foreigners have a banal higher salary. If we were only in Russia, we wouldn't be so rich»
Poland, France, Russia - our geography. We also tried it in Germany, but it didn't work out. I prefer France, I go out to Russia to laugh at how people shit on me and say that they will find me. We have a majority of Ukrainians in our team, but this has nothing to do with the war in Donbass. It's just that it's hard to get it from another country, and most people in Ukraine know Russian.

This is how the summary table of the earnings of a group of scammers looks like
«Yesterday we had 284 people in our team. One is crippled, and the other doesn't remember his name»
Currently, our team consists of 282 people aged 16 to 38 years. New people get to us only through acquaintances, pass an IQ test. We only take those with an IQ above 150. In addition, those who work with us must know at least three programming languages, speak English, and have knowledge of psychology. I have a degree in economics and psychology. We don't have any KPIs (key performance indicators. - Editor's note) and a free schedule.
We have everyone for themselves, but all for each other. We say, "If you sit down and tell us about us, we'll find you". Sometimes these threats have to be implemented, but I have special people to do this. Yesterday we had 284 people in the team, but two of them "left" the team. To put it bluntly, one is a cripple, the other doesn't remember his name. They gave up our men in France. They are struggling with this more globally. Special forces and Marines of the French Navy detained a couple of our guys.
«But I'm not afraid to "leave" the team. Why? Because I pay my people too much. These are my babies, my team»
I would not say that Russia uses any radical measures to combat this type of fraud. No one from our team, who works only with Russia, was detained. You can leave the team, but without sharing information about us. Few people leave, though. All 282 people know each other, just like in the village. It happens that we all meet together abroad, lately we like to fly to Bali. We see through each other's bank accounts, but we don't steal from our own people.
If a loved one was a victim of my colleague, I would refund the money.
«I'm not afraid of being found»
Now we are communicating with you via a one-time number, but that's not the trick. All my text messages pass through several hundred numbers and only then get to you. Robots send text messages from one number to another until the message reaches the end. And so on in a few hundred numbers. If you break through our phone number via GetContact (caller ID service. - Editor's note), it will show: fraudster BlaBlaCar. This is due to the fact that people send a complaint about the phone number to GetContact on the same day that they were deceived.
«We have to change the final number every night»
To be safe, we also use a proxy that redirects everything through servers in other countries, virtual machines, IP address replacement, and VPNs.
So it is best to keep money in cash in a safe, there is no perfect protection. We store everything in bitcoins, but we don't withdraw large amounts. If you need money, take it back from Bitcoin.
«I'm not afraid of being found, because it's impossible»