Credit 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.
Credit 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.
Fraudsters 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.
Over 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.
Over 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.
According 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.
As 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 [...]
According 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 [...]
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One High Street bank is trying to clamp down on card fraud by introducing new technology that could help to tackle this rising problem.
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