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May 17, 2012 – 4:32 am | Comments Off

 
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

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Cupcake baker warns businesses of costly online scam!

May 17, 2012 – 4:32 am | Comments Off

 
A local baker wants to warn other businesses about a scam in which someone almost cheated her out of a thousand dollars’ worth of cupcakes.

“I’ve had big orders, but not that big — it’s huge,” Sarah Johnson recalled herself saying when she received an e-mail order for 450 cupcakes.
Johnson works out of her Cobb County home producing “Sarah’s Heavenly Cupcakes.” She was also surprised the …

CEO of Hi-Tech Crime Solutions Gregory Evans Demonstrates How Crooks Get Your Credit Card Number At The Gas Pump on CBS Evening News

May 16, 2012 – 4:04 am | Comments Off

 
CEO of Hi-Tech Crime Solutions Gregory Evans Demonstrates How Crooks Get Your Credit Card Number At The Gas Pump on CBS Evening News.
If you use an ATM or a debit card to make purchases, thieves may be waiting for you ready to scan the information off your bank card to siphon the money out of your account. “Skimming” reportedly costs the financial industry more than …

Phone scams, beanbag lounges and…cannibalism?

May 4, 2012 – 8:28 am | Comments Off

Every couple of weeks in this space we look at the more unusual credit card crimes making headlines.
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Police Search For Credit Card Fraud Suspect

May 3, 2012 – 11:31 pm | Comments Off

The Corpus Christi Police Department needs your help to find a man who used someone else's credit cards.
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Group hug used to steal man's credit card, police say

May 3, 2012 – 7:21 pm | Comments Off

A man was robbed of his credit card and a debit card when three people "thanked" him for providing directions and gave him a group hug.
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Credit card scam targets burger joints

May 3, 2012 – 4:27 am | Comments Off

Victims of the card-skimming scam had their personal details stolen from under their nose as they used eftpos devices altered by thieves.More than $150,000 has been taken via ATM machines in Canada from the accounts of about 700…
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Local charges dropped in credit card scam

May 2, 2012 – 9:47 pm | Comments Off

WOODSTOCK — A judge dismissed charges against three people accused of running a credit card scam because federal authorities indicted the defendants last month.
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Two women sought in credit-card fraud case

May 2, 2012 – 7:47 pm | Comments Off

D'IBERVILLE — Police are trying to identify two women who stole three credit cards from an Ocean Springs business and used the cards for $2,000 in purchases at D'Iberville stores.
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Over 1.5 million Visa, MasterCard credit card numbers stolen?

May 2, 2012 – 6:11 am | Comments Off

U.S.-based credit card processor company Global Payments is about to announce more details about the security breach that recently saw millions of credit card numbers stolen. It doesn't look good.
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Credit card scam ringleader sentenced in Albany

May 1, 2012 – 6:39 am | Comments Off

The ringleader in a counterfeit credit card ring will spend the next nine to 18 years behind bars.Resean Blount was sentenced yesterday in Albany County Court.
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Police say credit card scam was New London family affair

May 1, 2012 – 5:40 am | Comments Off

State police say 44-year-old Joseph Ellis of New London was the head of a criminal enterprise in which participants used fraudulent Discover credit cards to obtain more than $362,000 in cash advances,
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Letter: Beware credit-card telephone scam

May 1, 2012 – 5:40 am | Comments Off

Do not give out your credit card number over the phone unless you initiate the call.
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Letter: Beware credit-card telephone scam

May 1, 2012 – 5:40 am | Comments Off

Do not give out your credit card number over the phone unless you initiate the call.
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University Health Credit Union warns of scam

May 1, 2012 – 4:28 am | Comments Off

University Health Federal Credit Union is warning Richmond County residents of a current scam featuring the institution.
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Credit union warns of scam

May 1, 2012 – 3:20 am | Comments Off

University Health Federal Credit Union is warning Richmond County residents of a scam involving the institution.
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Fraudsters target flaw in go cards

May 1, 2012 – 3:20 am | Comments Off

GO CARDS are being used in a credit card scam that takes advantage of a loophole on the Translink website.
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Mysterious Credit Card Charges: Why You Need to Check Your Bills

May 1, 2012 – 3:19 am | Comments Off

Do you read your credit card bill? Really look at it? Crooks are counting on that not happening. Their work usually starts with them buying your card number on the black market and placing a small charge on it that likely wouldn’t jump out at you unless you were really concentrating. After all, if you [...]
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Women sought in jewelry store credit card fraud

May 1, 2012 – 3:19 am | Comments Off

Police are trying to identify two women who bought nearly $17,000 in jewelry with a fraudulent credit card earlier this month.
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Soca shuts 36 credit card fraud sites

April 29, 2012 – 3:30 am | Comments Off

Operation by Serious Organised Crime Agency aims to shut down large-scale theft and use of stolen card information Police have arrested two men arrested and shut down 36 web domains used to sell compromised credit and debit card data, as part of an initiative by the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), working with the FBI and US Department of Justice. The men, who were …

Maine State Credit Union customers targeted in scam

April 27, 2012 – 8:09 am | Comments Off

Posted April 26, 2012, at 12:26 p.m. OAKLAND, Maine — Police and officials with the Maine State Credit Union are warning customers of a scam in which someone tries to pry personal information from them so they can raid the customer’s account.
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Websites linked to £500m credit card fraud shut down by police

April 26, 2012 – 10:03 pm | Comments Off

Three men have been arrested and 36 criminal websites selling credit card information and other personal data shut down as part of a two-year international anti-fraud operation, police have confirmed.
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Former company executive from Palm City charged in credit card fraud case

April 25, 2012 – 3:24 am | Comments Off

PALM CITY — The former controller for an airplane seat manufacturing company is facing fraud charges for using company credit cards to pay personal expenses such as a family trip to Sea World, family portraits and sex-related creams, according to Martin County Sheriff's Office arrest reports.
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Merchant Services Provider, Merchant Express®, Offers Fraud Prevention and Detection Advice to Merchants and Consumers

April 24, 2012 – 5:30 pm | Comments Off

Merchant Express®, a full-service merchant services provider, is offering advice to merchants and consumers to help them to reduce their risk of identity theft that may result from information compromises. This action is in response to recent data security breach events that put nearly 1.5 million credit card accounts at risk for fraud.Hauppauge, New York (PRWEB) April 24, 2012 Merchant Express® …
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Two of three suspects in Lower South skimming scam identified

April 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm | Comments Off

Police are tracing legitimate purchases to determine where a credit card skimming device was installed. Police suspect the device may be at a Lower Southampton-area gas station ATM, police said.
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YOUR CREDIT RESOURCE: Be wary of calls about lower credit card rates

April 23, 2012 – 10:23 am | Comments Off

Q: I’m getting messages on my answering machine at home, and sometimes on my voice mail on my cellphone, that state there is nothing wrong with my credit card account, but I should call a number to get a special rate reduction. I can’t decide if this is a good deal or a scam.
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Berkley Heights Police report credit card fraud

April 21, 2012 – 12:03 am | Comments Off

BERKELEY HEIGHTS — A Berkeley Heights resident reported on April 14 that when he had tried to use his business debit card, it was declined. Berkley Heights Police Department Police said that when he then contacted his bank, he was…
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