County Durham rife for online card fraud
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County Durham rife for online card fraud
By admin | October 5th, 2009 | Credit CardsA recent set of figures has revealed that online transactions made with stolen credit card fraud is rife in County Durham, with around one quarter of these fraudulent transactions taking place in Shildon in County Durham last year.
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Online credit card fraud causing problems for providers
By admin | September 2nd, 2009 | Credit CardsCredit card fraud online has become increasingly prevalent over recent years, with a sharp rise in CNP, or Card Not Present, fraud, which includes online transactions where the card itself does not have to be present because the transaction is completed remotely.
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Cardholders warned over telephone card fraud scams
By admin | August 4th, 2009 | Credit CardsCredit card holders are being alerted over a rash of telephone credit card scams, and are being urged by the authorities to avoid giving out any credit card details on the phone if they have not solicited the phone call themselves.
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Beating Identity Theft Fraudsters
By admin | June 23rd, 2009 | FeaturedFraudsters that steal your identity lurk in places where you would never expect to find them. These thieves can’t be seen and you only know that you have become an identity theft victim when you receive your banking statement or your credit card bill.
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Peterborough consumers – impact from credit card fraud
By admin | June 12th, 2009 | Credit CardsOver recent years credit card fraud is an issue that has become a matter of concern for many officials and consumers. Many people are worried about using their credit cards online and in various other ways due to the risk of falling victim to this type of fraud.
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Retail giant to trial tap and go technology
By admin | June 4th, 2009 | Credit CardsOver recent years more and more consumers that don’t want the hassle and danger of carrying money around and don’t want the inconvenience of writing cheques have turned to plastic cards to make transactions when making purchases.
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Credit card data being sold for pennies
By admin | May 31st, 2009 | Credit CardsAccording to a recent report credit card data and information is being sold for just pennies, with these details available for purchase for the same price as a bar of chocolate.
Tags: Card Not Present fraud, credit card data, credit card fraud
Avoid becoming a victim of identity theft
By admin | May 16th, 2009 | FeaturedAs many people already know identity theft is becoming a major problem and is already costing the UK close to £2 billion a year. Whilst consumers have become more aware of the dangers of certain actions that could increase the risk of identity theft, fraudsters have started using increasingly sophisticated technology in order to get [...]
Chip and Pin does not stop card fraud from rising
By admin | March 31st, 2009 | Credit CardsAccording to a recent report the Chip and Pin technology that was brought in some years ago to try and combat card fraud has done nothing to stop the level of card fraud from rising, and recently released figures have indicated that card fraud has now reached a record high despite the fact that Chip [...]
Would you be more confident shopping online with a prepaid card?
By admin | March 24th, 2009 | FeaturedFor many people the thought of shopping online has become something of a daunting and nerve-racking one, not because they don’t know what they are doing online but because of the sophisticated means by which fraudsters have started to carry out credit and debit card fraud.
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