Article: Card fraud soars to GBP bn as gangs rush to beat chip and pin 20 per cent INCREASE

Article: Credit card fraud up GBP 1m in a year
Evening News - Scotland;  March 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...CREDIT card fraud in Edinburgh has soared by more than GBP 1 million in a year. The shocking ... the fastest growing rate of credit card fraud in the country, with more than GBP 3.8m worth committed last year ...

Article: Would you credit it . . city card fraud at ...
Evening News - Scotland;  March 25, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Now the team deals solely with credit card fraud. It's very much a growing problem ... per cent increase in reported credit card fraud - but a lot of incidents are not reported ... t look at every instance of credit card fraud because there are far too many. "We ...

Article: Tracker: Banks in GBP 3m funding drive to beat card ...
The Scotsman;  August 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... yesterday that it will provide GBP 3 million a year to fund a special anti-card fraud police unit. The move follows ... prevented fraud worth around GBP 65m being committed using stolen ... gangs which cost the industry GBP 402m in 2003. It is backed ...

Article: Card fraud set to top GBP 200m a year
The Scotsman;  February 11, 2006 ;     566 words ... ... internet or the telephone - reached GBP 90 million in Britain in the first ... the figure will very soon exceed GBP 200 million a year. A spokeswoman ... there is always some risk." Total card fraud declined to GBP 219.4 million in the first six ...

Article: Glasgow is Scots capital of credit card fraud
The Scotsman;  November 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... crime as a whole cost GBP 3.75 million last year ... cent of this type of card fraud nationally. A recent ... stolen on average have GBP 450 drawn on them before ... Christmas, APACS announced a GBP 500 reward for anybody ... affected areas for credit card fraud in the United ...

Article: APACS: 1998 plastic card fraud losses rise by 11%.
M2 Presswire;  March 24, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... APACS: 1998 plastic card fraud losses rise by 11% (C ... show that UK plastic card fraud losses rose by GBP 13 million (11%) in 1998 to GBP 135 million. Commenting ... successes infighting plastic card fraud. However, it is essential ...

Article: Chip and PIN plans to beat credit card fraud
The Scotsman;  October 4, 2003 ;     545 words ... ... yesterday that last year plastic card fraud in Glasgow and Edinburgh alone amounted to GBP 7.4 million, up from GBP ... last year, compared with GBP 411.5m the previous year. More than GBP 1m worth of card fraud is now committed in the UK ...