Clements is the CEO of CardCops.com, an online credit-card fraud-prevention site. In February, 2001, Clements and CardCops opened the cyberdoors of their own online Fraud Museum, which contains what Clements judges to be most egregious examples of crime in the annals of hackerdom.. . .
Clements is the CEO of CardCops.com, an online credit-card fraud-prevention site. In February, 2001, Clements and CardCops opened the cyberdoors of their own online Fraud Museum, which contains what Clements judges to be most egregious examples of crime in the annals of hackerdom.

It's quite a display. One exhibit on the site details -- with explicit instructions and screen shots -- how to find and compromise vulnerable Web servers. Another exhibit shows software used to create fake credit-card numbers. Then there are the displays of fake Web pages used to dupe surfers into offering up credit-card numbers or other personal information to scammers.

More than 1,300 businesses and individuals have paid a $30 initiation fee and $10 monthly subscription to enter the museum and other restricted parts of the site. Clements says he counts among his paying members the FBI, which wasn't available to comment for this story after several requests, and American Express, which wouldn't confirm that it's a member. A spokesperson cited the small transaction size.

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