When it comes to credit card fraud while flying, it is the airlines that may be the most common victims, said Mary Kirby, the CEO of Runway Girl Network, an aviation industry media company. It’s a little-known fact that most credit card purchases that take place in the air don’t actually go through to the […]
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Mother bullied into credit card fraud
A young mother who was bullied into carrying out a credit card fraud at a Newton Abbot store has escaped jail. Leona Thompson tried to escape by giving police a false identity but was caught when a quick witted police officer spotted a silver bracelet with her own name on her wrist. Link to article
29 Arrested In £7.5m Credit Card Fraud
The European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3) and its global partners have arrested 29 as part of an investigation into a massive credit card fraud operation, which may have caused losses of at least $12 million (£7.5m). Crooks tampered with point of sale (PoS) systems to pilfer credit card data in shopping centres across Europe and […]
Trojan Pilfers Credit Cards from Hotels
Our intelligence center researchers recently uncovered a fraud “package” being sold in underground forums that uses a remote access Trojan to steal credit card information from a hotel point of sale (PoS) application. Link to article