Helpful Tips for Businesses to Prevent Credit Card Fraud

• Do not allow a transaction to be authorized unless the customer gives you a valid expiration date for the credit card.
• Follow up all card not present transactions with an email to the customers account or with a telephone call.
• Red flags for fraudulent purchases include: bulk transactions, first time shoppers, big ticket items are being purchased, rush delivery, shipping is requested to a different address than the customer or the shipping address is listed as an overseas address, large purchases are being made with numerous credit cards and shipped to a single address, separate purchases are being made but they are coming from a single Internet Protocol address.
• The customer should be required to give you the three-digit number on the back of the card. This will ensure that the purchaser has the card in his or her possession.