Questions tagged [fraud]
Fraud is wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. It is one of the challenges to organisations that Information Security tries to prevent.
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Is it possible to clone my contactless debit card while it's in my pocket?
I have a bank account that I never use, someone cloned my debit card and used it to buy something in Brazil in order to make sure the cloning was successful then they started making transactions of £...
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Best way to trace possible root cause of card fraud?
I recently had a fraudulent transaction on my debit card (in the UK, where I am based). Having blocked the card, my main concern is to determine how much information has been stolen and how?
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Best Practices re: changing email address post fraud
Scenario: Successful fraud attempt via phone call. Victim speaks to fraudster and gets tricked into email transfer of funds due to some situation i.e. falsified family emergency (grandson is injured ...
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Bank employees asked random 2 characters of password during verification! [duplicate]
Let me ask to experts how bank BBVA and Santander en España can check dedicated digits of my password during call to their hot line?
They said me that it is verification procedure but I am not sure it ...
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Can I scratch off the magnetic strip off a debit card to only allow chip and PIN? [closed]
I have been robbed in the past by thieves using my HSBC Debit Card (issued by UAE branch) to purchase mobile phones and accessories by signing for the purchases. While the card has chip & PIN ...
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How are these scammers operating from valid IPs? [duplicate]
Lately, my website has had a lot of fraudsters signing up and getting past my security checks.
I use vpnapi.io and stopforumspam.com to vet new registrations but all of the IPs this scammer is using ...
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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)
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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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Why is PayPal asking for my bank password? [duplicate]
Another posted the exact same question and it was dismissed saying PayPal would never do such a thing.
Well, I was adding a bank acct yesterday to transfer funds and PayPal popped up a username and ...
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ATM skimming with magnetic stripe
I have a question about ATM skimming. If ATMs in the UK still accept magnetic stripe can't a thief still use a cloned card at the ATM to withdraw money?
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Ways to safeguard Internet users from fraudulent websites
Extended Validation SSL certificates have been effectively abandoned, as web browsers do not even show them as something special, so my question is: how would you go about safeguarding the user from ...
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Someone seems to have compromised my email address but can't be sure?
Whilst going through my spam folder on Gmail I've found 2 emails that struck me as suspicious. The first is simply a welcome message from DropBox saying 'Hi Ahmed please verify your email' and then ...
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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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Same debit card number issued to more than one account? [closed]
I received text alerts from my bank saying my debit card had beeen used when I hadn’t used it. I started a fraud alert investigation. I was later told another account had the exact same debit card ...
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Debit Card Fraud Question [closed]
Somebody tried to make a purchase with my debit card at a Walgreens in another part the state of I live on.I was notified of the purchase attempt via my bank's fraud detection system. However, I have ...
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