Article: Plastic card fraud rockets overseas; ECONOMIC.(Business)

Article: Card fraud soars to GBP bn as gangs rush to beat ...
The Scotsman;  March 8, 2005 ;     601 words ... ... deter and detect all kinds of card fraud - both at individual bank level ... the last two years (up 22 per cent from GBP 30.2 million in 2003 ... overall fraud losses. Counterfeit card fraud rose by 17 per cent to GBP 129.7 million in 2004 ...

Article: Chip and Pin a winner at beating card fraud New ...
Evening Times;  March 7, 2006 ;     576 words ... ... transactions - has helped slash card fraud in Scottish shops by 16-per cent. Credit and debit card fraud dropped by GBP2.6million in ... transactions. Across the UK as a whole, card fraud losses fell 13-per cent from GBP504.8m to GBP439.4m ...

Article: Chip and pin revolution fails to halt 50 per cent rise in ...
Evening News - Scotland;  February 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... has soared by more than 50 per cent since 2005. Retail chiefs are ... shocked at the staggering rise in card fraud despite the introduction of chip ... reported a total of GBP 143,425 of card fraud last year, a 54 per cent rise on 2005. Another 78,257 ...

Article: London Hits No 1 Spot For Card Fraud; A survey by ...
M2 Presswire;  February 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 10 WORST LOCATIONS FOR CARD FRAUD: 1.London - 28 per cent 2.Birmingham - 25 per ... cent 9.Norwich - 19 per cent 10.Edinburgh - 18 per cent Although card fraudsters ... Manton continues; "While card fraud and theft has been on the ...

Article: IT experts say card fraud will spike in 2009 ...
M2 Presswire;  February 25, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... recently noted that card fraud had affected 25 per cent of the adult population ... that UKcounterfeit card fraud increased by 46 per cent to 144.3 million ... dropping by 32 per cent," he added. According ... what is driving UK card fraud ever upwards is fraudsters ...

Article: Birmingham named worst city for credit and debit card ...
M2 Presswire;  February 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... staggering 34 per cent of Birmingham's ... of credit or debit card fraud. And most of the ... FOR CREDIT/DEBIT CARD FRAUD: 1. Birmingham - 34.48 per cent 2. Plymouth - 30 ... Aberdeen - 24.3 per cent CPP top tips to reduce ... falling victim to card fraud: 1. Make sure ...

Article: [pounds sterling]9.2m credit card fraud in ...
Peterborough Evening Telegraph (Peterborough, England);  March 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ...CREDIT card fraud in the city shot ... more than 400 per cent last year - leaving ... increased by 37 per cent and account for more than half of all card fraud losses. However ... Nationally the total card fraud losses rose by 25 per cent in the past year ...