Category: Credit card fraud

August 11, 2008

Making your ebusiness fraud proof

Filed under: Credit card fraud, online security - 11 Aug 2008

I know a business that had its website hacked: its entire customer database was hijacked and thousands of customer credit card numbers were stolen at the same time.

In the following months, the hackers did their best to steal …

Popularity: 24% [?]

February 20, 2007

Ten ways to reduce charge back and frauds

Filed under: Credit card fraud - 20 Feb 2007

Merchant concern about online credit card fraud and chargebacks is rising at a significant rate. According to the 2001 Online Fraud Report, conducted by Mindwave Research, it revealed that, “41% of merchants say the issue of online credit …

Popularity: 17% [?]

February 8, 2007

Victim of small business crime

Filed under: Credit card fraud - 08 Feb 2007

Every now and then you stumble across something on the internet whilst surfing that takes your breath away. No I don’t mean illegal or suspicious content but one of those sites that has committed a business marketing crime by publishing …

Popularity: 13% [?]

Safe and secure ecommerce

Filed under: Credit card fraud, online security - 08 Feb 2007

One of the most attractive aspects of ecommerce from a buyer’s perspective is that of convenience; total armchair shopping with little or no stress involved and the majority of online payment transactions processed quickly, efficiently and generally trouble free. The …

Popularity: 19% [?]

February 7, 2007

Identity Theft and Ecommerce

Filed under: Credit card fraud, Ecommerce general - 07 Feb 2007

We have been hearing a lot lately about identity theft. Recently, CardSystems, an Atlanta based credit card processor, exposed 40 Visa, Discover, MasterCard and American Express card numbers and security codes to hackers. A recent statistic from Gartner Group speculates …

Popularity: 14% [?]

Men nabbed for Internet fraud on Yahoo

Filed under: Credit card fraud, Online auctions - 07 Feb 2007

Two men who used online “phishing” tactics to steal the user IDs of Internet users and defraud people on Yahoo Japan’s auction site have been arrested, police said.

Sadafumi Inoue, 34, an unemployed man from Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, and Mitsuteru Ishida, …

Popularity: 15% [?]

February 6, 2007

Debit-card fraud underscores legal loopholes

Filed under: Credit card fraud - 06 Feb 2007

Consumers have noted a large increase in the amount of debit-card fraud since the beginning of 2006, as well as a wide recall of cards by banks and financial institutions. Three major incidents are likely fueling the fraud, according to …

Popularity: 17% [?]

Digital frauds

Filed under: Credit card fraud - 06 Feb 2007

Numerous reports of credit card fraud have been pouring into DSLReports and other forums. The vast majority of complaints involve a fraudulent charge of $24.99 posted to the credit card as DIGITAL AGE 888-529-98 CYPRUS.

The victims of the Digital Age …

Popularity: 16% [?]

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