“[The] situation has become alarming as the country becomes a safe haven for cybercrime operators involved in cyber pornography, cybersex den, illegal gambling, credit card fraud and identity theft but the operating units could hardly deal with them because cybercrime operators, many of them foreign mafias, are aware of the present organizational and technical incapability of the country’s law enforcement agencies,” Director Samuel D. Pagdilao, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP)...
Fraud News
The Loveland Police Department has now received more than 500 complaints of credit and debit card fraud since an influx of calls reporting unauthorized charges began on Oct. 14 and are investigating alongside federal authorities.
Loveland police said in a news release that new credit/debit cards have been using information that was compromised.
Police say they don’t know when the accounts were compromised and are working with the victims, other law enforcement agencies, federal authorities and f...
Loveland police said in a news release that new credit/debit cards have been using information that was compromised.
Police say they don’t know when the accounts were compromised and are working with the victims, other law enforcement agencies, federal authorities and f...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday estimated there are some 1.4 million gang members in the United States and they are turning to white-collar crimes as more lucrative enterprises.
Gangs like the Bloods and the Crips are engaging in crimes such as identity theft, counterfeiting, selling stolen goods and even bank, credit card and mortgage fraud, said a new FBI gangs threat assessment.
"We've seen it, but we've seen them doing it even more now and we attribute to the fact...
Gangs like the Bloods and the Crips are engaging in crimes such as identity theft, counterfeiting, selling stolen goods and even bank, credit card and mortgage fraud, said a new FBI gangs threat assessment.
"We've seen it, but we've seen them doing it even more now and we attribute to the fact...
By Michelle Crouch
Thanks to new technology and mobile card readers, you can use your credit card to buy just about everything these days, from candy in a vending machine to goods at a garage sale. But there are still a few types of transactions you can't use your credit card for, either because they're high-risk, they attract a lot of fraud or they simply tend to give customers a bad case of buyer's remorse, leading to disputes and charge-backs that are expensive for the credit card companies....
Thanks to new technology and mobile card readers, you can use your credit card to buy just about everything these days, from candy in a vending machine to goods at a garage sale. But there are still a few types of transactions you can't use your credit card for, either because they're high-risk, they attract a lot of fraud or they simply tend to give customers a bad case of buyer's remorse, leading to disputes and charge-backs that are expensive for the credit card companies....
With growing numbers of online buyers, a solution for comprehensive fraud protection extends to additional data checks using BinDB.
For Immediate Release
LEWES, Del./EWORLDWIRE/Oct. 20, 2011 --- Financial institutions, banks and payment providers increasingly concerned about credit card and gift card fraud can utilize an added layer of prevention through BinDB software and comprehensive data about banks around the world.
Either through a one-time purchase or through using the BinDB software,...
For Immediate Release
LEWES, Del./EWORLDWIRE/Oct. 20, 2011 --- Financial institutions, banks and payment providers increasingly concerned about credit card and gift card fraud can utilize an added layer of prevention through BinDB software and comprehensive data about banks around the world.
Either through a one-time purchase or through using the BinDB software,...
This credit card thief went on a Burger King shopping spree — and racked up $717 for burgers and chicken.
A Boca Raton woman called police this week after discovering someone used her credit card to run up hundreds of dollars at the fast-food chain in two months, according to a Boca Raton police incident report.
Since Aug. 25, the thief used the card up to several times a day but at just one place: the Burger King at 175 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton, near Mizner Park. That averages about $14...
A Boca Raton woman called police this week after discovering someone used her credit card to run up hundreds of dollars at the fast-food chain in two months, according to a Boca Raton police incident report.
Since Aug. 25, the thief used the card up to several times a day but at just one place: the Burger King at 175 N. Federal Highway in Boca Raton, near Mizner Park. That averages about $14...
NEW DELHI: Credit card fraudsters racked up Rs 65 lakh by bleeding a leading private sector bank in a mindboggling operation that left both the bank and cops in a tizzy. There were two gangs working in tandem. And what has send ripples through the bank brass was the enemy within - a senior manager and a certified verification agent - all part of the well-oiled machinery that siphoned off cash. Police busted the entire network late on Wednesday and eight people have been arrested. But the bank...
By Jason Pohl (10/20/11 10:12am)
A surge in credit card theft in northern Colorado this week has prompted a police scramble and special investigation by the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.
A formal investigation was called for on Tuesday after eight separate cases were reported to the office, according to John Schulz, the public information officer for the Sheriff’s Office.
There is “definitely a sense of urgency to try and identify where the problem is coming from,” Schulz said in an email to the...
A surge in credit card theft in northern Colorado this week has prompted a police scramble and special investigation by the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office.
A formal investigation was called for on Tuesday after eight separate cases were reported to the office, according to John Schulz, the public information officer for the Sheriff’s Office.
There is “definitely a sense of urgency to try and identify where the problem is coming from,” Schulz said in an email to the...