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Delegates attending the forthcoming EiG (8-10 October, Barcelona, Spain) will gain a unique insight to the motivations, mindset and most importantly the methodology of Britain’s most successful card fraudster. Tony Sales, who at the height of his criminal ‘career’ was defrauding retailers, finance houses and financial institutions of £30 million through false identities, credit cards and other fraudulent schemes, will be sharing his insight in association with payments and ID credentials validation specialist Jumio.
The one-hour workshop interview will highlight how Sales stole player identities, maxed-out payment cards, and targeted different operators and platforms during a six-year criminal career, while offering a unique opportunity for businesses to understand how they are targeted by organised crime gangs, and what to do about it.
Speaking ahead of his appearance at EiG, Tony Sales explained how his ‘skills’ can be applied to the gaming industry. He said: “I could gain the login details of a customer of a gaming web site. I would only play small to start with and maybe work it for several weeks, depending on how much the customer had in their account. I could then change the customer address to match a card I have then simply cash out the customer’s winnings straight into the account I would have control over. Customers’ addresses are stored in the back end of the gaming sites. So now I have the customer’s address I can take my bankcard straight into the bank and change the address, as I have captured on video recently. Then I just change the card details on the site – it’s as simple as that!”
Jumio’s European Marketing Director, David Pope, who will be interviewing Sales at EiG, stated: “Fraudsters love online gaming, in their spare time and in their work time. The best way to beat the fraudsters is to get inside their minds and understand the how, the what, the why and the when of their fraudulent activities. By hearing about Tony’s crimes and techniques to defraud gaming sites, we can make the industry more resilient to card fraud losses.”
Kate Chambers, Portfolio Director responsible for EiG said: “Having a convicted fraudster at an EiG workshop is obviously quite contentious. However, Tony has made the 180 degree transition from being an elite career criminal to a top level consultant who advises C-Level executives in banking, retail and online businesses. We’ve had a great response to this initiative and I believe it is exactly the type of issue that EiG should be dealing with and most importantly helping the industry to get to grips with.”
‘Interview with a convicted fraudster… how card fraudsters target gaming sites’, sponsored by Jumio, will take place on Wednesday 9th October from 12.00 to 13.00. To find out more about EiG and get a full workshop schedule, visit www.eigexpo.com
If you have already registered for EiG, please reserve your place at http://pages.jumio.com/
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