I read a book about this. Credit Cards are easy to fake and get free things online with. All you do is generate a specific code for each credit type, i.e Visa, Mastercard, American Express etc etc. It's just an algorithm. Once you crack that you can make a fake credit card, put a set limit of how much you can spend on it, and boom, go shopping online. Online eTailers don't do the same security checks that stores do, they just check the code, verify it, process the order, and ship. This is why online fraud is so easy an abundant.