How to Prevent Credit Card Fraud

Unfortunately, the retail season with the highest sales potential is also the season with the highest rate of retail theft such as credit card fraud.

Steps to Prevent Credit Card Fraud explains what you do to stop these thieves from trying to take it away while you're taking it in, whether you're dealing with them face-to-face, over the phone, or over the Internet.

More: For bricks-and-mortar retail businesses, Credit Card Fraud Behavior Tip Offs lists suspicious behaviors to watch for, behaviors that may indicate that someone is about to try to commit a credit card fraud. You may want to print it off and post it in-store as a reminder to staff.

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