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Major Retailers Brace For Gift Card Fraud

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To counter fraud as the holiday season approaches, Best Buy , Target and Walmart made changes to their gift card programs. The moves were announced by the attorneys general of Pennsylvania and New York, Reuters reported. They also come amid an initiative to take on fraudsters that has run for a year. “By

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Holiday Season Brings Corporate Payments Fraud Spike

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’Tis the season for corporate fraud? the FBI recently issued a warning for holiday shoppers of a new scam called eSkimming , in which cyber criminals hack into legitimate online retailer websites to steal shoppers’ credit and debit card details. Yet, analysts warn, as cross-border B2B payment volumes rise, so does the risk of fraud.

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Fraud Decisioning Orchestrates A Response

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Some people think the best thing about the Pennsylvania-based convenience store and fuel chain Wawa is their absurdly delicious jalapeño-stuffed pretzels, oozing with molten cheese. In they went, stealing details of 30 million cards before the malware was discovered in December of 2019. card number. So very tasty. Sealing It.

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

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For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Now that we have data from the entire year to review, we are seeing the alarming trend continue.

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U.S. Card Skimming Fraud Grows 700+% in First Half of 2022

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Card Skimming Fraud Grows 700+% in First Half of 2022. Credit card and debit card skimming fraud is back with a vengeance in the US, while other fraud types are seeing global growth. Card Skimming Fraud – Old Threat, New Growth. through FICO’s Card Alert Service. Darcy Sullivan.

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Radial Fights Fraud, Releases Annual Holiday Fraud Index

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With headquarters in King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Radial provides major brands and merchants with fraud, payments and tax solutions, as well as a host of other commerce technology solutions. “We We’ve settled into providing services as a payments and fraud business.”. Radial knows a thing or two about fighting fraud.

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ALDI Stores Hit With Credit Card Skimmer

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ALDI , the grocery store operator, is being targeted by scammers who are installing credit card skimmers on top of point-of-sale terminals in plain sight. 8), police in Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, have pinpointed a group of thieves as the culprits. According to news from TechCrunch on Thursday (Feb.

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