A woman by the name of Quantina Moore-Perry utilized an exploit on QVC’s website to scam them out of over $400,000 worth of product before getting caught. The site flaw was pretty simple, Quantina would order things like handbags, jewelry, and electronics, but then cancel the order right away. She would then get credit for [...]
A woman by the name of Quantina Moore-Perry utilized an exploit on QVC’s website to scam them out of over $400,000 worth of product before getting caught. The site flaw was pretty simple, Quantina would order things like handbags, jewelry, and electronics, but then cancel the order right away. She would then get credit for the item, but the flaw caused the items to still be delivered to her. She ordered over 1,800 items like this, and would resell them for profit on places like eBay.
QVC found the error when two of the people on eBay bought items from Quantina that came in unopened QVC boxes and tipped QVC off. Quantina pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit the $400k+ that she made.
This is a great reminder for those of us doing online transactions to ensure that security is a top priority.
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11/01/2007 5:13 pmThey never noticed half a million dollars of product walking out the door?