There are tons of resources on things like picking locks, and mechanics of various sorts of scams out there. So what?

I've read numerous discussions how a criminal managed to open and repackage a Visa/MC on the rack, and then watch the company website to see it's activated and loaded, then skim it off shortly after purchase. Do you think THAT knowledge encourages crime? I don't. It describes how it works. And of course from that you can derive what can be done to avoid it.

OK then assume I was fishing for ideas for my future in crime, I obviously picked the wrong pond. Nobody here seems to know anything.

Thanks!