Do Credit Card Companies Bring Fraud On Themselves?
I just don’t understand when certain things occur that make no sense to me. Today, for instance, I received a booklet of courtesy checks at my home. These courtesy checks are linked to a corporate...
View ArticleSkimming… not the redbox terminals. What’s next?
In preparing for a presentation I am making at University of Connecticut next week, I was searching the Internet tonight for images of credit and debit card skimming. I came across a frightening...
View ArticleCredit card skimming… watching for new opportunities (or vulnerabilities).
I just returned from speaking at a conference in Miami. I checked into my hotel, and as part of my debriefing from the travel, I found the in-room safe to safely store my laptop, camera and other...
View ArticleCredit Card Fraud: Tiny Grains of Sand Can Result In Large Piles
I learned of this scam against credit cards while volunteering during my shift in the kitchen at our church’s bingo one night. A small charge, an amount under a dollar up to a few dollars, appears on...
View ArticleWoman Receives 20 Year Prison Sentence – For Embezzling?
Reading the morning Google News articles on embezzlement, I was truly flabbergasted when I saw this story. In my experience it has been difficult if not impossible to have a convicted embezzler see...
View ArticleAnother Great Reason To Loose Your Bank Debit Card: Monthly Fees
A colleague business owner noticed a transaction on his bank account that wasn’t appropriate. A check had cleared for an amount much too large for the dollar range of checks his company typically...
View ArticleAnother Blow To Credit Card Users. Did You Know That…?
I didn’t know anything about this issue. Watching Jean Chatzky on television Friday, I learned that credit card users will suffer yet another financial blow starting as early as next week (February...
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