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Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 Conference

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What it is

At DEF CON 27, Nina Kollars tells how buying Nespresso capsules on eBay led her to investigate fraudsters reselling goods bought with stolen credit cards. She describes her non-technical tracking and reporting efforts.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an entertaining and informative explanation of the economics of reshipping and stolen-card resale scams.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's a tangentially related def con about the strange economics of that whole scam.”

    DEF CON talk on economics of stolen-card resale scams

    rozab, 2020-05 · Recommendation · in “G2A pays Factorio developer $40k over illegally obtained game keys”

  2. “Nina Kollars had a nice related talk during Defcon”

    Nespresso resale scam using stolen credit cards, experienced firsthand

    Mountain_Skies, 2020-09 · Recommendation · in “The 'brushing' scam that's behind mystery parcels”

  3. “here's an excellent defcon talk on what these some groups do”

    How reshipping scams use stolen credentials and who profits

    clutchdude, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “Who's Behind the Swat USA Reshipping Service?”

  4. “Nina Kollars gave an interesting talk on scammers selling coffee through eBay using stolen credit cards.”

    Scammers selling coffee on eBay with stolen cards

    h3xadecima1, 2025-01 · Recommendation · in “I made $100K from a dick joke”

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Topics: money mule, stolen cards, ebay, nespresso, def con, scams

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