Faceless Crime: How to Protect Yourself

by AJ McCreary, PICurrent Assistant Producer **Editors Note** Today we continue our look at internet scams and identity theft ... in making you vulnerable to credit fraud. Identity theft or Credit Fraud occurs when someone uses your personal information; name Social Security number bank information or credit card number without [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:22:14

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Top 10 Scams: How to Avoid Being Victimized

1. Internet fraud The hottest medium for scams, as it is for conducting legitimate business and consumer purchases ... ). For purchases, use only credit cards as a charge back is possible on phoney transactions but make sure ... and call your bank and credit card issuers.  Have a fraud alert placed on your file including a victim [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 19:19:02

Guidelines to Avoid Fraud When Buying a Prepaid Calling Card

Indeed, prepaid calling cards can be seen and bought at many stores, retail sites, by mail and by the Internet ... a credit or debit card. Or it can be ordered by mail [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:08:02

Fraud Prevention for Internet Purchases

This evening, I did a whirlwind trip through Target to purchase the collection of toys, hats, ... with a liability not to exceed $50 and the customer does not have to pay the credit card bill ... this year. Of course, I will be using my credit/debit cards to make these purchases.USA Today [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 03:16:00

Keeping Credit Cards Secure: Washington Times

"I think the U.S. is targeted because there's more and wealthier people on the Internet and we're more active in e-commerce ," Avivah Litan - Distinguished Analyst at Gartner Research - Quoted in Washington Times  Editor's Food for Thought:  If the U.S. did bite the bullet and decide to spend $8 Billion Dollars to switch over to Chip and PIN it is NOT going to reduce eCommerce Fraud one iota  At least not until we start swiping the card itself.  (Replacing the Card Not [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 21:12:00

Beware: Scammers Impersonating KIA Offer Fraudulent Job Opportunities

.fullpost{display:inline;}Every day con artists look for new ways to scam internet users from their money ... that could result in identity theft or possibly the misuse of bank and credit card details. Gary Tomlinson ... was not caught out, but this is a particularly callous attempt at fraud as it hits people desperately looking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:39:00

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