Kids Using Pre-Paid Cards To Buy Online Porn

[Lee]

Children are using new pre-paid 'credit cards' to buy alcohol and pornography and gamble online, The Observer has learnt. Children's charities and politicians claim that the cash cards are being used by under-18s to buy age-restricted goods and services over the web.

They warn that the cards are ripe for exploitation and that they may be attractive to paedophiles buying pornography online because they are practically untraceable.

An investigation by the children's charity NCH found that it was easy for children to obtain pre-paid cards from corner shops without having to prove their age - breaching card issuers' guidelines. Companies that sold 'adult' products and services to the children included Virgin Wines, Foxy Bingo, online casino 888.com, Amazon and Play.

Pre-paid cards, new to the UK, were originally aimed at people such as migrant workers who don't have bank accounts, but they are now being offered to children.

'Children can now access and buy the most disturbing things, from explicit DVDs to entry to gambling sites,' said Labour MP Margaret Moran.

IDT Finance, the US company which issued the pre-paid Mastercards to the children in the investigation, did not return calls last week. But a spokesman for Visa said: 'They introduce children to the financial world, start to teach them about financial discipline.'

But the Children's Charities' Coalition for Internet Safety - which includes the NSPCC, Barnardo's and NCH - has written to Apacs, the trade association for payments, warning that the cards 'provide a new vehicle for the trade in child pornography over the internet ... in a way that essentially eliminates the possibility of the purchaser being caught'.

http://money.guardian.co.uk/news_/st...151915,00.html

Haha ive often wondered if these types of pre-paid cards could be used to buy porn memberships, now i guess we know

Regards,

Lee

[basschick]

someone on another board said this would work. that was intesting to me because i tried it with two different cards a couple years ago and it didn't work with epoch or ccbill. it was explained to me that there had to be a zip code associated with the card that matched the one you gave. i wonder if that has changed...

[IdolKnights]

I also thought about the pre-paid cards being used for the 3 month membership at a lower rebill option on a one time use.

[MiamiB]

If someone underage buys a membership to an adult site then they have violated the TOS of the site. Who has broken the law...NOT the site owner,

Lee

[TropixxxStudios]

someone on another board said this would work. that was intesting to me because i tried it with two different cards a couple years ago and it didn't work with epoch or ccbill. it was explained to me that there had to be a zip code associated with the card that matched the one you gave. i wonder if that has changed...

I use Netbilling for our Adult DVD Sales, and I know I can set it to check the zip code, address, AVS or whatever I want. I can also set it to ignore any or all of those criteria, which is maybe what some site owners choose to do.

I however, do not.

[collegeboyslive]

If someone underage buys a membership to an adult site then they have violated the TOS of the site. Who has broken the law...NOT the site owner,

yeah but you may well be yelling this from the inside of a jail cell awaiting your day in court with the fucked up laws we have.

[Netbilling]

I use Netbilling for our Adult DVD Sales, and I know I can set it to check the zip code, address, AVS or whatever I want. I can also set it to ignore any or all of those criteria, which is maybe what some site owners choose to do.

I however, do not.

You can set for exact matches or any other criteria you want with our flexible Fraud scrubbing.

Mitch

[Chilihost]

Its good to see today's youth are still creative :bunny:

[Jasun]

Geez. In my day I had to steal porn mags form my friends old brothers.

Or just shag my friend's older brothers.

What is this world coming to?

[SPACE GLIDER]

That's how I'd do it if i were that age and had been given the opportunity