|
Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 1:56:45 GMT -5
Everyone wants a piece of the fraud protection market today. Some credit card companies offer their own incentives and programs and advertise them through clever ads featuring and unwitting customers channeling the voices of the thieves who victimized them. Websites like Scambusters dot com and Merchant dot org can protect consumers and merchants. These services can often be free or just provide a forum where consumers and merchants can exchange information about recent scams. Even email which can easily be harvested for numbers sent back and forth in transactions is a medium through which users can communicate with each other about emerging threats Canada Mobile Database or even ongoing scams. Although the complete elimination of fraud is impossible its reduction is possible thanks to recent innovations in fraud protection such as security chips picture IDs and the awareness of online retailers. Company databases often unknowingly provide hackers with a huge amount of credit card information all conveniently kept in one place. Often the merchant itself may be liable for payment fraud if it is found that inadequate steps were taken to establish the identity of the customer and adequately protect the identity of the consumer. Purchases that are most at risk for fraud are purchases without a card. Websites such as Merchantdotorg list fraud checking sites such as FraudSmack preCharge MaxMind Cardinal Commerce WhyLabs and Merchant Sense.
|
|