fraud investigator from the credit card company let us know as soon as the crooks took the bait and started using our cards. they re hitting it. the results, astonishing. cards maxed out in minutes. one of our bait credit cards carried the fake name oscar ernesto. we have a hit on ernesto for $723.74. wow. one minute three seconds. the fraudulent charges were coming from almost everywhere. we had purchases in 16 different countries. every continent except for antarctica, basically. identity theft hitting americans from foreign soil is big business. big business that costs consumers billions and businesses tens of billions worldwide. just ask rodrigo boustos in chile. his store was hit by crooks using one of our bait cards. we covered that charge, but he says his bank has made him absorb thousands in losses to identity thieves.