Why I can't write this

CVV data is card verification information tied to a payment card. Selling it without the cardholder's authorization is card fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1029 in the US, and under equivalent laws elsewhere. A comparison of marketplaces, forums or vendors that trade it would be instructions for a crime.

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I won't produce that page, and I won't research which forums are active, which are scams, or how payment flows work on them. That information has one practical use.

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What I can write instead

  • Payment security explainers: what a CVV is, why merchants are barred from storing it under PCI DSS, and how tokenization replaces it.
  • Fraud prevention content for merchants: chargeback patterns, address verification, 3-D Secure.
  • Consumer guidance on card skimming, breach notices and card replacement.
  • Legal or compliance writing on 18 U.S.C. § 1029 and PCI DSS scope.

If you want one of those, say which and I'll write it.

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