system
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human
ELI5: How is it that people don't get caught when using stolen credit card information that they buy off the black market?

People attain the information and then buy whatever it is they buy. If they create a fake card with that info they are going out in person and show their face, and for when try order it online they have to ship it somewhere. Don't the distributors link the stolen CC number to the address? If it's a PO box then they can see who picks it up.
gpt
They often are but many times the credit cards are stolen in one place and used in another, often in another country.  The US isn't going to spend too much time or energy to track down a guy in Estonia who charges a few hundred to your card before you notice.  It is more cost effective for the credit card company to simply reverse the charges on your card.

The larger the theft the more likely it is that someone like the FBI will get involved and work with other local police around the country or around the world.