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You Can Hire A Hacker to Steal 200,000 Miles for Just Around $60

For the right price, nearly everything is for sale on the dark web. Illegal hacking services are on offer for everything from credit card fraud to help with cyber-snooping on an ex-spouse, but according to one recent report, hiring a black hat hacker to siphon air miles or hotel rewards points from travelers’ accounts is very much a buyer’s market.

Although it sometimes doesn’t seem like it, hotel and airline loyalty points can be a valuable commodity, especially if those points didn’t require any initial outlay to earn (or in some cases steal). Despite the constant threat of loyalty rewards devaluation, there are still plenty of unethical scammers willing to pay cash to collect points the easy way – by illicitly transferring points from another person’s account.

A recent report from Business Insider using data collected from a 2016 Dell-sponsored Secure Works Under Ground Hacker Markets study, finds that the cost of hiring a black hat hacker for the nefarious purpose of skimming AAdvantage Miles or Hilton Honors Points from a stranger’s account is remarkably reasonably priced. According to the study, hotel points can be obtained for the bargain basement price of $10 for 50,000 points or even as little as $200 for up to a million hotel points – a haul that could amount to quite a few free stays at some extraordinarily luxurious properties. Meanwhile, air miles are only slightly pricier in the dark corners of the worldwide web, with a going rate of around $60 for as many as $200,000 miles or a whopping 1.5 million miles for about $450.

The Secure Works report notes that loyalty point thieves aren’t likely to actually use the purloined points for travel or hotel stays. Instead, the air mile bandits are far more likely to attempt to turn the reward points into fast cash.

“One is probably asking why would a scammer want to purchase someone’s frequent flyer or hotel points account number?” the report contends. “Well, the answer is simple. There are legitimate websites where one can trade their airline and hotel points for gift cards.”

For those still willing to set aside morality and the fear of arrest for cheap travel benefits, there are a few caveats to keep in mind. While hacker syndicates are very good at protecting their own anonymity, for an individual, this sort of heist is very difficult to accomplish without making identity and personal information easily available to both hackers and law enforcement. Perhaps more importantly, the value of a million SkyMiles isn’t what it once was in 2016.

The price tag on hacked air miles has been dropping steadily, primarily, the report points out, due to the laws of supply and demand. It seems, in this case, even as the risks associated with the theft are increasing, the rewards are steadily decreasing thanks in part to constant devaluation.

 

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Jerusalemsmithh January 9, 2020

The Lonmond AT programmer.net is surly who you can turn to when you need hacking services. I had to contact his via email after reading this reviews on here . I wanted to get my credit score fixed, I wrote him , he requested to know where I got his contact from ( for security reasons ) i told him , he confirmed it and he requested to know exactly what I need him to do. Just as directed , I gave him all details and he ended u pulling up my credit report, he analyzed it and told me the rate for the fix . It took me about about two days to come up with the requested funds and I wanted my credit score to go from 480-690 . It took him only 9 days for him to actualize this . I can not thank this forum enough for sharing good reviews .I am currently applying for my loan and all seems to be going very well . I am forever grateful to this guy Lonmond. I am surly going back to him to any hacking service as he is flawless with his services .

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Lessbrookss July 16, 2019

Haha . It is so so funny to hear that you can hire a hacker to get miles for you . I dont believe it but I will surly give it a try because I want me some mile. please which would you recommend . the lonmond or the Barry sanchez ? I dont mind even using them for my credit score repair because I hear these days people do hire them to even boost credit score and it works . Thank you

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evelynnbeckss July 11, 2019

Danetteware77 . I wasn't able to find the lon Mond programmer on the HL forum like you said but I was able to find another hacker who was to me more reliable than the one you suggested . it took about 5 days in totally to finish both including the days of off-duty . Barrysanchez @ hackermail . com was the domain of the hacker guy . he is gentle and moderate also in price . Thank you so much for writing up your comment if not I wouldn't know that it is ever possible to hire a hacker for these type of thing . God bless you abundantly .

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danetteware77 June 28, 2019

Its true that you can also hire a hacker to Get MILES and points but most times it is traceable . I couldn't get me a hacker to get me MILES but Hire one to help me get a CPN . I was bad on my credit line. I got a programer from a dark-web forum "HL FORUM" I was able to find their website and the programmer that was given to handle my project was Lonmond AT programmer DOT net . He was able to finish my project in 6 days although he said it would take 3 days . I think they are people that you can also look into for some other hacking needs .

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susan brown March 28, 2019

i know a hacker who was introduced to me by my friend (HANDYHACKMAN at GMAIL dot COM). he specializes in rewards points transfer, credit card top up, fixing bad credit scores, as well as social media accounts hacking. he helped my get prove of my now ex husbands infidelities. if you need rewards points transfer or any other hack related stuff email him today. you wont regret it.