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Using an Infrared Camera to hack a PIN Pad

Posted on August 31, 2014 by T — 2 Comments

Using 12345 as your password is a really bad idea. Use the stylus at the store when you can or place your fingers on all of the buttons as you type in your PIN number.

Tagged with: ATM, Credit card, Debit Card, fraud, Identity theft
Posted in Cybersecurity, Fraud Prevention

For Business Owners…

Posted on July 29, 2014 by T — Leave a comment

If you are a business owner, NEVER accept an override code offered by a customer. From http://www.businessinsider.com/sharron-laverne-parrish-jr-charged-with-apple-credit-card-scam-2014-7 A 24-Year-Old Allegedly Used A Simple But Brilliant Scam To Cheat Apple Out Of $300,000 DAVE SMITH Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Sharron Laverne Parrish…

Redbox Scammers Steal Games By Using Bar Codes To Trick Kiosks

Posted on September 22, 2013 by T — Leave a comment

The easiest way to solve this scam would be: Determine the credit cards associated with the previous renters Look for cards that are pre-paid VISA cards. Smarter scammers would not use a card associated with their name. Pull the info…

Preventing and Recovering from Identity Theft

Posted on June 8, 2013 by T — 2 Comments

Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put ‘PHOTO ID REQUIRED.’ When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete account number on the ‘For’ line. Instead, just put…

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