[Asterisk-biz] CC Fraud

[Robert Wolpov]

Same problems here.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Aldworth" <daldworth at teliax.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" 
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] CC Fraud


> We've seen it. We've had to work closely with the banks, the merchant
> processor and had to totally redesign our sign-up process to deal with it.
>
> Even more interesting...have you noticed where 90% of the traffic tends to
> go? We've basically cut off two "high risk" countries entirely and several
> others to one degree or another. We must now require that subscribers
> pro-actively contact us to gain access to these countries. Our subscribers
> don't seem to mind, and the would be fraudulent sign-up's have almost
> entirely gone away since the incentive is no longer there.
>
> DA
>
>> Have any of the other termination providers seen a significant increase
>> in CC fraud recently?  In the last few weeks, we've seen a -huge-
>> upswing in signups utilizing information appearing legitimate, but
>> ultimately tied to a stolen CC.  (Using the name of the CC's owner as
>> the person signing up for the account).
>>
>> For us, a fair amount of manual work has been necessary to determine
>> that the accounts are fraudulent and ultimately close them.
>>
>> Does anyone have any automated strategies (Yes, we already use AVS and
>> CVV checks) for catching CC fraud?
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> -jbn
>> Justin B Newman
>> BinFone Telecom
>> www.binfone.com
>> 301.561.8600 x526
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>
>
> David Aldworth
> Teliax Customer Service
> http://www.teliax.com
> 888-270-3688
>
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