The series, called The Inspectors appropriately enough, will air weekly on Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. EST.

Doug Johnson, a senior vice president at the American Bankers Association who focuses on cybersecurity, said millennials (particularly jobless students), and low-paid enlisted military workers are the chief targets of card crackers.

While card cracking losses have not reached astronomical sums, Johnson said a large number of banks are taking measures to stop the practice using technology and publicity.

The message needs to get out, he said, that the promoters showing off an attractive lifestyle on their social media sites probably really aren’t living in luxury.

One of the advantages of card cracking for fraudsters is that the victims, having been fleeced, are unlikely to tell financial institutions or the police, since the victims might also have participated in the theft.

Johnson’s advice: tell.

“Be up front with your bank. You might be able to salvage that relationship. You may not,” he said.

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