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Credit Card Fraud

Gerry Smith

Mobile Wallets Present New Set of Security and Privacy Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 11.20.2011 | Technology

It is billed as the future of commerce: swiping a smartphone at the checkout counter instead of a credit card. On Monday, Google made its foray in...

3 Credit Card Marketing Phrases That Don't Mean Anything

Tim Chen | Posted 11.02.2011 | Business
Tim Chen

It's true: the credit card advertised will cover you in case of fraud. But it's not necessarily out of the goodness of the issuers' hearts.

Credit Card Issuers Can Increase Security With Simple Steps: Study

EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 08.29.2011 | Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Credit card companies could make customers' accounts and identities more secure with a few simple steps. That's what consulting f...

Ann Hernandez Accused Of Stealing Woman's Identity, Hiding It In Her Vagina

AOL Weird News | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

Don't these people have pockets? Police in Florida say they have recovered a marijuana pipe and a woman's identity from the body cavities of suspects...

Most Scammed States In America (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

Identity theft is something everyone talks about, but no one expects to have happen to them. Well it turns out some people should be more worried a...

Cops Go Undercover As Pizza Delivery Guys To Bust Credit Card Fraud

Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

William Peppers of Chicago got more than he ordered from an Edwardo's pizza delivery man on January 8. The 31-year-old Peppers got his pizza, wings, ...

'The Great Cyberheist': A Look At A Notorious Hacker-Informant

NYTimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

One night in July 2003, a little before midnight, a plainclothes N.Y.P.D. detective, investigating a series of car thefts in upper Manhattan, followed...

5 Credit Card Traps That Can Ruin Your Retirement

Beverly Blair Harzog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Beverly Blair Harzog

Going from a full-time salary to a fixed income is quite a challenge. If you don't redo your budget to account for your lower income, you'll end up using your credit cards to make up the difference.

ATMs Hacked To Steal Your Debit Card Information

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

Skimmers attach barely noticeable card readers right on top of the ATM machine's card slot. The reader digitally records your banking information. The...

Criminal Hackers, Carders, Dumps, and Identity Theft

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Robert Siciliano

Albert Gonzalez and his gang of criminal hackers were responsible for data breaches in retailers and payment processors, with some estimates saying they breached over 230 million records combined.

Biggest Identity Theft Case Ever: 11 Indicted For Stealing And Selling Over 40 Million Credit Card Numbers

AP | RODRIQUE NGOWI and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

BOSTON — Eleven people, including a U.S. Secret Service informant, have been charged in connection with the hacking of nine major retailers and ...

Romanian Fraudsters Are Thorn In eBay's Side

Los Angeles Times | Ian Wylie | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

This small industrial center in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains is not Albena Spasova's favorite destination. Driving the twisting highway m...