Although most investigators and credit card fraud teams focus on minimizing cybercrime and identity theft activities launched through spam attacks, the California teams discovered a network of businesses that developed complex fulfillment systems to prevent chargebacks and to encourage repeat business.Under this model, a team of spammers could make more money over time selling many of the same goods to repeat customers than by simply selling credit card account details to fraud rings. Out of 56 completed transactions during the study, only seven of the team's orders failed to arrive.Though top rated credit cards already offer significant consumer protection, few customers feel compelled to file transaction disputes after packages arrive from fulfillment centers in India, China, and even the United States.Visa, MasterCard could team up to block spam fundingEfforts by the technical community to block consumers' access to potentially fraudulent websites have often been thwarted by a combination of hacker attacks and customer frustration. The researchers suggest that American credit card issuers could help curb the growth of spam-sending botnets by choking off the supply of cash to merchants on a "financial blacklist."The team suggested that a partnership between credit card platform providers like Visa and MasterCard could eliminate many spammers' financial incentives, just as a similar enforcement action closed off most Americans' access to illegal online gambling operationen, with some fans paying $2,000 or more for a chance to watch the Canucks and Bruins compete for the cup.Ghelani is optimistic he'll be able to find someone looking to get rid of a few tickets, particularly as Wednesday's Game 1 draws near."To me, that's not only excessive, but it's beyond what I'm able to pay," said Ghelani, referring to some of the sky-high prices for tickets."I think near the start of the game, there's going to be people who were holding out to get $700 or $800 who weren't able to, and I'll prey on those people."Tickets haven't gone on sale to the general public yet — the Canucks planned to released details Monday, while the Bruins start sales Tuesday — but season's ticket holders are already putting their seats for sale online with steep markups.FanSnap, a U.S.-based website that allows users to search several reselling websites at the same time, says the average ticket price for the Vancouver games is currently about $1,900 and for Boston games it's roughly $1,100.Online reseller StubHub, which allows ticketholders to list their seats and set their own prices, says tickets in Vancouver are selling for an average of $970 on the site, and Boston games are going for an average of about $690."These are the priciest tickets we've seen for the Stanley Cup final in our company's history," said Joellen Ferrer of StubHub, which launched in 2000 and was bought by eBay in 2007.Ferrer said last year, in the days leading up to the Chicago Blackhawks-Philadelphia Flyers series, tickets were selling for about $150 less than they are now.Christian Anderson of StubHub said the ballooning ticket prices came as a surprise, but he offered several reasons why they're so high, particularly for the games in Vancouver."Vancouver is obviously a hot-bed of NHL fans and it's drawing from a large area," said Anderson. "It's also pulling in fans from the Seattle area and across Canada, so we're seeing huge ticket demand."Anderson said users visiting his site to buy tickets for the Vancouver games are mostly in B.C., with some buyers coming from Alberta, Washington, California and Massachusetts.Online resellers such as StubHub and FanSnap say they offer a fast, safe way for pe