Swindle with credit cards
18 February 2008Swindlers have cloned in ATM and Chip and PIN devices cards of almost every fifth British.
While the Internet remains one of the main sources of swindle, holders of credit, debit and ATM-cards run the risk in streets. According to the new data, the most dangerous city is London.
The research conducted by company CPP, has revealed 10 “hot pointsâ€? in the Great Britain: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Nottingham, Leeds, Norwich and Edinburgh.
Research has shown, that almost half of people do not know, that they have suffered from a swindle till reception of a bank extract.
«Swindle with credit cards is still serious widespread problem, despite of numerous preventive measures, including introduction of Chip and PIN for struggle against this phenomenon. The level of swindle has grown by 26 % in first half of 2007 in comparison with the same period of 2006 and has reached ?264 million, - marks Zoe Manton, the head of Card Protection, CPP division. - Though people are constantly reminded of necessity to inform on the lost and stolen cards immediately, on the average they do it almost in 10 hours.
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