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Article: Common Sense May Prevent Credit Card Fraud
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- June 22, 2005
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ELLEN SIMON, AP Business Writer
AP Online
06-22-2005
Dateline: NEW YORK
You may not be able to keep hackers or dishonest employees out of your credit card processors' office, but you can keep thieves from filching your credit card information from the garbage.
Consumer advocates and credit card companies say people can take simple defensive measures, from checking statements often online to calling their credit card company immediately if a monthly statement doesn't appear in the mail.
Credit card fraud is in the spotlight after a string of data thefts and losses, most recently the disclosure that 40 million credit and debit card accounts were at risk for fraud after hackers broke into a ...