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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.

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.

For example, showing a screen on a website or mobile app that looks like a genuine login screen, could be used by an attacker to capture user credentials for use in fraudulent transactions.

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Fraud prevention on online transactions

We operate an e-commerce website, and we're facing some big problems with payments. Very often, some customers get credit card data and use those in our store. So when the real credit card owner gets their bill, they cancel this transaction, and we…
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how can my bank have a wrong phone number entered with my personal account information?

the other day at our bank, while my wife and i were transferring some funds between accounts, we found that on one of the accounts, a phone number that has no relationship to either of us was listed as being her personal contact number. the bank…
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Same debit card number issued to more than one account?

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 number except the last two numbers. The cvv code…
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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? As this was an online transaction, the fraudster may have…
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I may have given a check to a scam organization is my account at risk

Can someone take money from my account with a check that has my routing number and my account number on it? I STUPIDLY gave a check to a "charity" organization that I cannot find on line and when I call then number there is a disconnection notice. …
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If I give my bank account and routing number to a stranger to receive a one-time payment, can they steal money from my account?

Aside from my SSN, card numbers and PIN numbers what information does someone need to spend money from my bank account without my consent? I want to list an item for sale on an auction website and if it sells the winning bid should be in the…
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Debit Card Fraud Question

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 my debit card with me. How could that be…
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my info was compromised

My ssn,dob,mother's maiden,phone number, and address were compromised and I am worried that some bad people now have all the afore mentioned information. My question is what could criminals do with this information?
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Barcodes that cannot be duplicated for products

I have got some products, lets say A, B and C. I want to print a unique barcode for each of these products i.e even if there are 1000 product Cs, they all get the same barcode but this barcode should not be able to be duplicated by another person as…
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HOw do I file a police report and still ensure the FBI doesn't get involved?

I work for a company who's checks have been fraudulently copied and used in a scam. I'd like to report this to my local PD, but I'm concerned they'll get the FBI involved. As I understand it, once the FBI gets involved, their investigation becomes…
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