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Card information has no value because it is very easy to reissue a card. Things like name or phone number, or address, cannot be changed so easily and have much higher value.


Things like name, phone number, and address are not secret. They are published in the phone book.


Card information is literally cash money. It's volatile and subject to being rendered defunct, but it still has a lot of value if you can buy a bunch of prepaid gift cards with them before it's deactivated.




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