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title: Credit card fraud
date: "2005-03-28T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 700
description: Read how Ovid tracked down and caught identity thieves after they charged thousands to his credit cards. The story highlights the careless mistakes made by the criminals and the luck involved in their arrest.
keywords: [identity theft, credit card fraud, ovid, security, fraud, crime prevention]
---

[Ovid catches his credit card thieves](http://www.livejournal.com/users/publius_ovidius/111672.html).

> This morning, I found out that thousands of dollars of charges had been made on two of my credit cards in the past two days. Now, the identity thieves are sitting in jail. This is how it happened. It involves identity theft, a careless thief, one pissed-off Ovid and lots of luck.