Ten Ways To Foil Credit Card Fraudsters
By Heather Reimer, Sat Dec 10th

In the last twelve months, credit card fraud against onlinecompanies has exploded as more and more thieves figure out howeasy it is. To make matters worse, online and phone orders arenot automatically insured against fraud - you are 100% liablefor all your losses.

So here are some easy ways to protect your e-business fromcredit card fraudsters:

1. Reject orders sent from free web-based email accounts likeYahoo or Hotmail. Antifraud.com says nearly all fraudulentorders come from free accounts.

2. Most real businesses have e-mail addresses that include theirwebsite's domain name. Go to their site and see if it lookslegit.

3. If the address is different from the shippingaddress, this should raise a red flag, especially if they are indifferent states or countries.

4. Another high-risk transaction is two or more orders from thesame credit card. 5. When in doubt, phone



the number listed onthe order.

6. US banks have an Address Verification System (AVS) thatmerchants can use to ensure the address the purchaserhas given matches the one in the AVS system.

7. If you use an online order processor, make sure it hasthorough fraud prevention measures.

8. Put a message on your site warning crooks you have anti-fraud protection in place.

9. Create a blacklist of bad credit card numbers so you won'tget ripped off twice by the same thief.

10. If you want an extra sense of security, insurance coverageis now available against this type of fraud. One reputable sitethat offers it is http://www.iib.com.au/

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