Credit Card Fraud

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The Internet Crime Complaint Center has received multiple reports alleging foreign subjects are using fraudulent credit cards. The unauthorized use of a credit/debit card, or card number, to fraudulently obtain money or property is considered credit card fraud. Credit/debit card numbers can be stolen from unsecured websites, or can be obtained in an identity theft scheme.

Visit any of the three credit bureaus, Equifax, Experian, or TransUnion, for more information or to place a fraud alert on your credit report.

Visit the Federal Trade Commission for additional information on security and fraud prevention tips

Credit Card Fraud

How To Avoid Internet Scams

In this day and age of cyberspace, one can barely refrain from availing of at least some of the services the Net has to offer . But as numerous cases prove, the internet can also be a highly dangerous way of conducting transactions and daily business. Protect yourself against web fraud before it get...

Spam

With improved technology and world-wide Internet access, spam, or unsolicited bulk email, is now a widely used medium for committing traditional white collar crimes including financial institution fraud, credit card fraud, and identity theft, among others. It is usually considered unsolicited becaus...

Auction Fraud

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What to look for in a portable card machine

Everybody uses debit cards or credit cards today. Whether it is for shopping in the supermarkets, buying products or services online, tanking up the car or anything else, people find it more convenient and easy to use their cards, rather than cash. However, this convenience has also been bro...

The importance of choosing reliable credit card merchant services

These days, any person who owns a business, needs to be able to accept credit card payments from customers. Many people actually prefer carrying only credit cards with them when they go shopping, because it is less dangerous and more comfortable. Gone are the days when one would carry large ...