This article is about two women in Charleston, W.V. who used someones credit card and got away with 3200 dollars worth of merchandise. They shopped at some pawn shop, big lots,k- mart piercing pagoda and rite aid.
I think its pretty gay that people steal other peoples credit cards and think that they can get away with it. I think that they should have their identity stolen jsut so they know how it feels for someone to spend all their money and give them bad credit.
Three people are charged with credit card cloning. People associated with the restaurant Pangear in the Rio Real area of Marbella were arrested on Tuesday. The two computer experts and a security guard are not the owners but were working for the establishment. Police searched the premises and found a small quantity of false bank notes and material that has been used for credit card cloning. The equipment in the restaurant equipment is being questioned. The restaurant have been closed and the suspects were released without bail but ordered to report to the court.
I think that it is stupid that people are cloning credit cards and try to get away with it. If your going to run a business,it should be runned professionaly.
This article is about a math tutor who used a student's name and Social Security number to open up credit card accounts. About $9,400 in charges to the credit card were tallied. The tutor got the information while helping the student apply to college. I think this shows that banks need to be doing more checks on people before they start handing out money. However, I also think the women should have been more responsible when it came to dealing with this tutor. Honestly, why would any application require a SS number.
A senior detective was found guilty for using police credit cards to buy personal goods over a nice month period. He bought things like a mini fridge and a designer watch between June 2005 and February 2006. He took a 1100 euro grant from the Sussex Police Welfare Fund. This service is for widows and those injured in the service. The detective accepted five years worth of payments to pay for the care of a elderly widow, Eileen Savage, who was 93. He receive a total of 96,950.78 euro to pay for her care.
I think that this guy was extremely wrong for doing this, also stupid because if you're using company credit cards to buy personal things, you're going to get caught. If the things that should be paid, are not, then someone is going to look into it a little bit more.
A city woman reported her visa debit card stolen and used twice in China for a total of $271. The only problem is that she's never been to China.She was contacted by her bank about the two transactions and they told her that they canceled her account and that she needed to file a police report.
This is crazy because you can never be too careful when you are using your credit card. I'm pretty scared now to use my card.
A Los Angeles-based Internet company said that 140,000 fake credit card charges were processed through its transaction system Thursday, in a computer scam that may have affected as many as 25 companies. The criminal obtained a sizable list of stolen credit card numbers and was testing them for validity. Some 62,000 of the apparently false charges, valued at over $300,000.
I don't know how someone can get away with doing this for an extended period of time. I would think someone would catch on eventually. Especially over $300,000. It just took a little longer I guess.
Three people associated with the restaurant Pangear in the Río Real area of Marbella were arrested on Tuesday in connection with an investigation into an alleged credit card fraud.Police searched the premises and found a small quantity of false bank notes and material that was believed to have been used for credit card cloning.the equipment in question was not valid for copying cards with a magnetic strip and that there was no record of customers complaining or reporting the establishment to the authorities.The three suspects were charged and released without bail but ordered to report to the court at regular intervals. Their passports have been taken away from them. I think that there should be a better way that we can protect our credit card information.
The alleged mastermind of an armed robbery and credit card fraud syndicate involving 18 co-accused has to find a new attorney after her last one died. All the accused face more than 150 charges including attempted murder, 35 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, more than a hundred of fraud and contravening the Riotous Assemblies Act. They are accused of being involved in a string of driveway robberies in Claremont from November 2005 until October 2006.Police also allegedly found them in possession of stolen goods and more than 130 credit cards.
I think that its good that they were caught, but its amazing how long it took for them to finally find out who they were. I think because they did sooo many crimes, police have every right to lock them up for a very long period of time, and if they don't get that much then they are very lucky.
A math tutor used his student's name and Social Security number to open credit card accounts and steal close to $10,000. He met his victim in a coffee shop, who gave him the information believing he would help her apply for college. This went undetected for about 6 years. The lady got wind of this situation when she applied for a Chase Bank credit card only to discover she already had one. Xiaoping Zhang admitted to this crime and was arrested.
This guy needs to serve some time for what he did, although it wasn't completely his fault. The lady is just as much as fault for being an idiot. Who gives their SSN to someone they meet in a coffee shop? Morons. I just hope my none of my teachers ever try something like this...
This article is about 140,000 credit cards that were charged $5.07 each. This was a credit card fraud. When people make online accounts they are given a password and told to change it. When they dont change it, it puts them at risk for people getting their credit card information online. The charges never went through because the fraud was detected ahead of time.
My opinion is that people should always change their passwords because a lot of time they give people the same password to begin with. Also, online credit card fraud is hard to notice ahead of time because a lot of times people dont check their accounts every day. Its a good thing they got this taken care of before it was too late.
This article explains one type of credit card fraud where people can make a copy of your credit card. All it takes is an extra swipe of your card from a waiter or store clerk into what is known as a skimmer. With this extra swipe into a skimmer it can take all your information from the card into the skimmer. They than can take your info and create a copy of your card. I think it's nuts that they make devices like this that can steal your info. almost anyone could copy your credit card
Tow men were charged of useing a credit card that has a fradulent account. Cheung Yuen who is 42 years old and John Rodriguez who is 23 years old tryed to buy 5,000 dollars worth of stuff from Home Depot. Thise was in New York. They were arrested adn they are being held on a $150,000 bond and they will appear in the New London Superior Court Monday. They charged with second- degree larceny. I think they were stupid for thinking that they would not get caught casue obviously they were goin to get caught. Why would they also try to steal from Home Depot of all places.
This article is about 18 different fraud artists in Claremount. There are 3 main contributors to the crime, who are all being held in penetentiaries until the trial. This article explains that the group is being accused for 150 different charges. Including murder, 35 counts of robbery, and being in possession of 130 stolen credit cards. The trial has been postponed to March 28, because the legal representation passed away. The suspects are associated with a "string of driveway robberies" beginning in November 2005.
I think the members of this crime ring are pretty stupid. I dont understand how they expected to get away with so much crime when 18 people are involved in the mess. If one person slips up, the whole crime ring goes down. The court system should crack down on each individual because of these outstanding crimes.
This article is about how more than 40 million credit card numbers belonging to U.S. consumers were accessed by a computer hacker and are at risk of being used for fraud, MasterCard International Inc. MasterCard officials said consumers are not held responsible for unauthorized charges on their cards, and that other sensitive personal data, such as Social Security numbers and birth dates, were not stored in the hacked system.
I think that this is a very scary thought that this can happen. It is very serious. Even though it happened two years ago.
Last year debit and credit card thefts went up by 25%. this increse set a record high of $535 million. Since cards have magnetic srips on the back combined with PIN numbers, fraud will continue to go up. GrID has come up with some helpful tips on how to avoid credit and debit fraud. a few of these tips are; replacing fixed pins with one time PINs, which are only good for one transaction. another tip is to use mobile phones to utilize other security options.
i think that these tips from GrID are helpful but i don't think that people will really take these tips into consideration. all the tips that were put out are all time consuming and tedious to set up.
Bank targets widespread debit-card scam Hundreds of cards withdrawn, thousands of debt cards may conceivably have been compromised, though that doesn't mean the data couldn't have been used to with draw cash this Region, two men were charged this week with installing skimming devices
This article is about federal agents investigating credit card fraud at Putnam Restaurant. The restaurant is charging fees that were not on their receipt. Putnam Restaurant is only one of many restaurants being investigated.
This article shows how serious it is when someone commits credit card fraud. They bring in federal agents in to investigate the case. I wonder why the restaurant charged their customers more than they said they were.
In New York police caught some people that were using forged credit cards and driver licenses to go on shopping sprees and then sell the stuff and the internet. They hacked into retailer databases and got the personal information to make the cards.
wow after reading this article, it just tells you just how safe your personal information is. No matter where your info. is some one can always hack into it and find out what they want to find. Its not good and i cant even begin to think of what the world will be like in the future?
Six men were arrested in a massive credit card scam. The six men were members of a southern florida gang and were using over 200,000 stolen credit cards. In all they caused over $75 million in damages.
This is a tragic event that happend. I just do not understand how these men could get away with spending all this money and not drawing any suspicion.
Frauds on credit and debit cards increased by 25% past year, almost at a high record, with losses. With no card present, frauds amounts to more than half of all card losses. These claims are indicative of the flawed reliance on Chip and PIN as the primary means to face against fraud, but the Association of Payment Clearing Services may still be promoting Chip and PIN as the answer. As the latest figures show, Chip and PIN has done nothing to address fraud overseas, from transaction online, or on the phone. For example, The US has shown nothing of moving to Chip and PIN, and with electronic commerce still increasing, informing only high street fraud is a fool mistake. Chip and Pin are just lazy as far as any one would know.
This article is about how credit card fraud has led to residents of the english town of Peterborough to be out 10 million pounds. the amount of credit card fraud has risen from £1.73 million in 2006 to £9.2 million in 2007 – an increase of 431 percent. Despite pin numbers and chips in the cards thieves still find ways to get peoples account information.
I think these number are crazy. I don't know the exchange for pound to US dollars off hand, but that is a lot of money. Both our government and England's government need to figure something out to prevent credit card fraud. It is a great inconvenience to people and it needs to be stopped.
In the UK and abroad, credit card fraud is on the rise. Last year alone, credit card fraud rose 25% with losses of £535m being reported. The most common form is now card not present fraud when CHIPS and PINS are stolen. These two safety features remain the answer though. Fixed PINs are no longer secure enough for the new breed of computer hacker and theif. Banks are encouraged to help secure all transfers as much as possible and replace PINs with one-time codes that only work for each transaction.
I believe that is really scary how easily someone can take your money or identity. Fraud has become so easy and we are doing nothing to stop these people. Precautions must be taken to prevent more problems from arising and keep the fraud down to a minimum.
22 comments:
http://www.wsaz.com/mostwanted/headlines/16661526.html
This article is about two women in Charleston, W.V. who used someones credit card and got away with 3200 dollars worth of merchandise. They shopped at some pawn shop, big lots,k- mart piercing pagoda and rite aid.
I think its pretty gay that people steal other peoples credit cards and think that they can get away with it. I think that they should have their identity stolen jsut so they know how it feels for someone to spend all their money and give them bad credit.
http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=12395
Three people are charged with credit card cloning. People associated with the restaurant Pangear in the Rio Real area of Marbella were arrested on Tuesday. The two computer experts and a security guard are not the owners but were working for the establishment. Police searched the premises and found a small quantity of false bank notes and material that has been used for credit card cloning. The equipment in the restaurant equipment is being questioned. The restaurant have been closed and the suspects were released without bail but ordered to report to the court.
I think that it is stupid that people are cloning credit cards and try to get away with it. If your going to run a business,it should be runned professionaly.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/03/13/2008-03-13_math_tutors_9g_lesson_in_credit_card_fra.html
This article is about a math tutor who used a student's name and Social Security number to open up credit card accounts. About $9,400 in charges to the credit card were tallied. The tutor got the information while helping the student apply to college.
I think this shows that banks need to be doing more checks on people before they start handing out money. However, I also think the women should have been more responsible when it came to dealing with this tutor. Honestly, why would any application require a SS number.
Alex K.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/7294499.stm
A senior detective was found guilty for using police credit cards to buy personal goods over a nice month period. He bought things like a mini fridge and a designer watch between June 2005 and February 2006. He took a 1100 euro grant from the Sussex Police Welfare Fund. This service is for widows and those injured in the service. The detective accepted five years worth of payments to pay for the care of a elderly widow, Eileen Savage, who was 93. He receive a total of 96,950.78 euro to pay for her care.
I think that this guy was extremely wrong for doing this, also stupid because if you're using company credit cards to buy personal things, you're going to get caught. If the things that should be paid, are not, then someone is going to look into it a little bit more.
A city woman reported her visa debit card stolen and used twice in China for a total of $271. The only problem is that she's never been to China.She was contacted by her bank about the two transactions and they told her that they canceled her account and that she needed to file a police report.
This is crazy because you can never be too careful when you are using your credit card. I'm pretty scared now to use my card.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3078553/
A Los Angeles-based Internet company said that 140,000 fake credit card charges were processed through its transaction system Thursday, in a computer scam that may have affected as many as 25 companies. The criminal obtained a sizable list of stolen credit card numbers and was testing them for validity. Some 62,000 of the apparently false charges, valued at over $300,000.
I don't know how someone can get away with doing this for an extended period of time. I would think someone would catch on eventually. Especially over $300,000. It just took a little longer I guess.
http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=12395
Three people associated with the restaurant Pangear in the Río Real area of Marbella were arrested on Tuesday in connection with an investigation into an alleged credit card fraud.Police searched the premises and found a small quantity of false bank notes and material that was believed to have been used for credit card cloning.the equipment in question was not valid for copying cards with a magnetic strip and that there was no record of customers complaining or reporting the establishment to the authorities.The three suspects were charged and released without bail but ordered to report to the court at regular intervals. Their passports have been taken away from them.
I think that there should be a better way that we can protect our credit card information.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080314152255224C897118
The alleged mastermind of an armed robbery and credit card fraud syndicate involving 18 co-accused has to find a new attorney after her last one died. All the accused face more than 150 charges including attempted murder, 35 counts of robbery with aggravating circumstances, more than a hundred of fraud and contravening the Riotous Assemblies Act.
They are accused of being involved in a string of driveway robberies in Claremont from November 2005 until October 2006.Police also allegedly found them in possession of stolen goods and more than 130 credit cards.
I think that its good that they were caught, but its amazing how long it took for them to finally find out who they were. I think because they did sooo many crimes, police have every right to lock them up for a very long period of time, and if they don't get that much then they are very lucky.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/03/13/2008-03-13_math_tutors_9g_lesson_in_credit_card_fra.html
A math tutor used his student's name and Social Security number to open credit card accounts and steal close to $10,000. He met his victim in a coffee shop, who gave him the information believing he would help her apply for college. This went undetected for about 6 years. The lady got wind of this situation when she applied for a Chase Bank credit card only to discover she already had one. Xiaoping Zhang admitted to this crime and was arrested.
This guy needs to serve some time for what he did, although it wasn't completely his fault. The lady is just as much as fault for being an idiot. Who gives their SSN to someone they meet in a coffee shop? Morons. I just hope my none of my teachers ever try something like this...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3078553/
This article is about 140,000 credit cards that were charged $5.07 each. This was a credit card fraud. When people make online accounts they are given a password and told to change it. When they dont change it, it puts them at risk for people getting their credit card information online. The charges never went through because the fraud was detected ahead of time.
My opinion is that people should always change their passwords because a lot of time they give people the same password to begin with. Also, online credit card fraud is hard to notice ahead of time because a lot of times people dont check their accounts every day. Its a good thing they got this taken care of before it was too late.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20020524a.asp
This article explains one type of credit card fraud where people can make a copy of your credit card. All it takes is an extra swipe of your card from a waiter or store clerk into what is known as a skimmer. With this extra swipe into a skimmer it can take all your information from the card into the skimmer. They than can take your info and create a copy of your card.
I think it's nuts that they make devices like this that can steal your info. almost anyone could copy your credit card
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=8789f5c6-de9c-4a51-a9bc-6125211d4856
Tow men were charged of useing a credit card that has a fradulent account. Cheung Yuen who is 42 years old and John Rodriguez who is 23 years old tryed to buy 5,000 dollars worth of stuff from Home Depot. Thise was in New York. They were arrested adn they are being held on a $150,000 bond and they will appear in the New London Superior Court Monday. They charged with second- degree larceny.
I think they were stupid for thinking that they would not get caught casue obviously they were goin to get caught. Why would they also try to steal from Home Depot of all places.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20080314152255224C897118
This article is about 18 different fraud artists in Claremount. There are 3 main contributors to the crime, who are all being held in penetentiaries until the trial. This article explains that the group is being accused for 150 different charges. Including murder, 35 counts of robbery, and being in possession of 130 stolen credit cards. The trial has been postponed to March 28, because the legal representation passed away. The suspects are associated with a "string of driveway robberies" beginning in November 2005.
I think the members of this crime ring are pretty stupid. I dont understand how they expected to get away with so much crime when 18 people are involved in the mess. If one person slips up, the whole crime ring goes down. The court system should crack down on each individual because of these outstanding crimes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/17/AR2005061701031.html
This article is about how more than 40 million credit card numbers belonging to U.S. consumers were accessed by a computer hacker and are at risk of being used for fraud, MasterCard International Inc. MasterCard officials said consumers are not held responsible for unauthorized charges on their cards, and that other sensitive personal data, such as Social Security numbers and birth dates, were not stored in the hacked system.
I think that this is a very scary thought that this can happen. It is very serious. Even though it happened two years ago.
Kayla H.
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article260834.html
Last year debit and credit card thefts went up by 25%. this increse set a record high of $535 million. Since cards have magnetic srips on the back combined with PIN numbers, fraud will continue to go up. GrID has come up with some helpful tips on how to avoid credit and debit fraud. a few of these tips are; replacing fixed pins with one time PINs, which are only good for one transaction. another tip is to use mobile phones to utilize other security options.
i think that these tips from GrID are helpful but i don't think that people will really take these tips into consideration. all the tips that were put out are all time consuming and tedious to set up.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080313.FRAUD13/TPStory/TPNational/Ontario/
Bank targets widespread debit-card scam
Hundreds of cards withdrawn,
thousands of debt cards may conceivably have been compromised, though that doesn't mean the data couldn't have been used to with draw cash this Region, two men were charged this week with installing skimming devices
http://www.statejournal.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=36060
This article is about federal agents investigating credit card fraud at Putnam Restaurant. The restaurant is charging fees that were not on their receipt. Putnam Restaurant is only one of many restaurants being investigated.
This article shows how serious it is when someone commits credit card fraud. They bring in federal agents in to investigate the case. I wonder why the restaurant charged their customers more than they said they were.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8V8P9582.htm
In New York police caught some people that were using forged credit cards and driver licenses to go on shopping sprees and then sell the stuff and the internet. They hacked into retailer databases and got the personal information to make the cards.
wow after reading this article, it just tells you just how safe your personal information is. No matter where your info. is some one can always hack into it and find out what they want to find. Its not good and i cant even begin to think of what the world will be like in the future?
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/32837/118/
Six men were arrested in a massive credit card scam. The six men were members of a southern florida gang and were using over 200,000 stolen credit cards. In all they caused over $75 million in damages.
This is a tragic event that happend. I just do not understand how these men could get away with spending all this money and not drawing any suspicion.
Gregory Price-Francois
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article260834.html
Frauds on credit and debit cards increased by 25% past year, almost at a high record, with losses. With no card present, frauds amounts to more than half of all card losses. These claims are indicative of the flawed reliance on Chip and PIN as the primary means to face against fraud, but the Association of Payment Clearing Services may still be promoting Chip and PIN as the answer. As the latest figures show, Chip and PIN has done nothing to address fraud overseas, from transaction online, or on the phone. For example, The US has shown nothing of moving to Chip and PIN, and with electronic commerce still increasing, informing only high street fraud is a fool mistake. Chip and Pin are just lazy as far as any one would know.
http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/92m-credit-card-fraud-in.3875190.jp
This article is about how credit card fraud has led to residents of the english town of Peterborough to be out 10 million pounds. the amount of credit card fraud has risen from £1.73 million in 2006 to £9.2 million in 2007 – an increase of 431 percent. Despite pin numbers and chips in the cards thieves still find ways to get peoples account information.
I think these number are crazy. I don't know the exchange for pound to US dollars off hand, but that is a lot of money. Both our government and England's government need to figure something out to prevent credit card fraud. It is a great inconvenience to people and it needs to be stopped.
James Hampson
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article260834.html
In the UK and abroad, credit card fraud is on the rise. Last year alone, credit card fraud rose 25%
with losses of £535m being reported. The most common form is now card not present fraud when CHIPS and PINS are stolen. These two safety features remain the answer though. Fixed PINs are no longer secure enough for the new breed of computer hacker and theif. Banks are encouraged to help secure all transfers as much as possible and replace PINs with one-time codes that only work for each transaction.
I believe that is really scary how easily someone can take your money or identity. Fraud has become so easy and we are doing nothing to stop these people. Precautions must be taken to prevent more problems from arising and keep the fraud down to a minimum.
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