Tag Archives: Important Fraud Prevention Sites

U.S. is slow to use safer credit cards

Statesman.com just ran an interesting article on how slow the U.S. has been to accept safer credit card technology. Continue reading

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ALERT RE: businessownersonline.com

This is an urgent alert to anyone planning to submit credit card information to businessownersonline.com Continue reading

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Another Telephone Verification “Service”

Here’s yet another telephone verification service to think real seriously about before you pay them $.20 per transaction. Continue reading

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More New Credit Card Technology

Once again, Visa is taking another stab at reducing on-line credit card fraud. Will they succeed this time? Continue reading

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Another Less-Than-Useless Service

Marketing a service under the name of “Verify-Me-Now,” the company known as Ifbyphone is offering to “SLASH credit card fraud” with a simple telephone call. There’s a problem. They have no idea who their automated system is calling! Continue reading

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