Saturday, September 09, 2006

Top UK credit card scam towns named / Techworld, 7 Sep 2006

http://digbig.com/4mtcn
John E. Dunn,
"With the advent of PIN numbers for credit and debit cards in the UK, CNP fraud has started to rise as scammers are forced to concentrate on using cards electronically rather than in person. Figures from the UK payments association, APACS, put it at £183 million for 2005, a figure that is expected to rise even as overall fraud levels decline. CNP fraud carried out online - as opposed to offline - has seen rises. Early Warning has published a CNP map (PDF) of UK, which divides it into areas of high, medium and low fraud levels for the last 12 months." [Cybercrime; Top Tips]