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Credit card reader writer
If someone has all the information from my credit card name, exp date, card number, cvv and pin but no card, would they still be able to use a reader-writer or would they have to have the card to copy?...
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Is it normal for a company to request this information after stolen card details were used?
My friend's credit card details were randomly used to make a two small purchases on a food delivery app, by someone other than my friend. They have already contacted the bank and cancelled the card.
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How does a fraudulent credit card charge to a Department of State work?
I looked at my Credit card statement, and noticed a fraudulent charge to what turned out to be the NY Department of State. This was especially odd to me, since I don't live in NY (and so was obvious ...
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How can hackers steal from a savings account that has no client card? [closed]
Someone I know was stolen a few hundreds dollars from a savings account. Looking at the history, she saw transactions like Uber rides and video games purchases she did not do. This account is used ...
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How can I stop fraudulent credit card submissions on a donation site?
We are a small nonprofit that accepts donations online. Our site is being hammered by hundreds of fraudulent credit card submissions per day, coming from multiple IP's all over the world (a ...
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Credit card fraud - record your face movement to unlock your account
Recently I accessed my credit card account (with a well-known credit card company) and right on the web page received a message that my account is locked to "prevent some sort of fraud".
I called ...
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How could a scammer get my card details if I've never used it
Today I had about $600US spread across 20 transactions taken from my debit card over the past three days (I notified my bank said they will give me a new card and will refund me)
This particular ...
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How to prevent / take action against "Merchant Name" fraud?
I work for a charity in Australia. On a couple of recent occasions we have seen this behaviour by thieves:
People search for cheap Dyson vacuum cleaners.
They find a website which claims to sell (...
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Is accepting an invalid credit card number a security issue?
I am testing a website which accepts invalid credit card numbers for reservations. The interesting thing is they do CC validation if the currency is USD, but not for any other currencies. Should I ...
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Can a magnetic credit card writer encode a blank card based off just a credit card number?
I was wondering what info is stored in the CC mag strip. For example: if someone got a hold of by CC number, just the numbers-no CCV, no exp date, etc... it is pretty hard to use my credit card for ...
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Could someone commit a social engineering "hack" on a credit card processor to get my credit card number?
Peripherally related to: Is it safe to recycle unshredded credit card receipts?.
From some basic research, it seems as though the SEQ number is internal to the company running the POS software, the ...
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Online Retailer asks for a copy of Credit Card and Drivers License
This weekend I placed an order for a part from an online retailer ($300-400). Shortly thereafter I received an email from their sales team saying something similar to the following:
Hi, we have ...
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Debit Card was used fraduentely, Should I report an incident to the websites that stored my card?
Here is my situation. I had a debit card where I could transfer funds to it for limited use. I usually kept a low amount on this card just for little purchases. It was recently used in a fraudulent ...
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What are the risks of providing all your credit card information except for security code to a stranger?
I've recently been approached by a person asking me for a donation to Save The Children. while I was inclined to donate, I didn't because they were asking my full name, 16 digits of credit card and ...
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Which parts of a credit card can I obfuscate and still have it be valid
I was recently the victim of credit card fraud and I suspect it is from a merchant somewhere keeping track of my credit card details.
I cancelled the card and received a new one, but I would like to ...
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