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Mon Nov 3, 2008 3:35pm IST
 
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Plastic today is considered to be more convenient, easy and fashionable alternative as compared to paper. Yes, we are talking of credit cards. With one swipe, credit cards have changed the way we live.

Unfortunately, along with the convenience has come related crime. Credit Card Fraud is a weighty problem in the credit card industry. Though many technologies have evolved to check and prevent these credit card frauds, it still persists and comes forward with new faces every time.

The issue

Credit card fraud continues still despite invention of new technologies. The fraudsters get access to the information of the card mostly through loss of credit cards from its owner. Theft of credit cards is also a frequent phenomenon.

Many a times emails ask for the credit card details posing as the service provider for the credit card. This act of phishing gives the required information to the thieves in doing credit card fraud.

Many a times people visit bogus websites and in the way give them the details of their credit card which also lead to credit card fraud.

Many credit card holders are not serious about their possession and see the PIN code in public place. If any person gets this information then he could access the credit through the credit card which is known as skimming.

The offer

To help their customers deal with credit card frauds, some of the banks have come up with certain beneficial policies.   Continued...

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