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And people fall for them: figures from Apacs, the clearing banks 'organisation, found that in the first half of 2008, online banking fraud in the UK increased by 185\% to £21. 4m.
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"Mail senders, providers and ISPs need to implement their parts of the systems, such as Google's deal with eBay and PayPal," says Mark Bowerman, a spokesman for Apacs.
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Card fraud losses in the UK reached £609. 9m last year - up from £535. 2m in 2007 - driven by cardholder-not-present crime, according to the latest figures released by UK payments association Apacs.
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"The industry continues to remind customers to ensure that they have their computer's firewall switched on and anti-virus software up to date," said an Apacs spokeswoman.
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New Apacs figures show card not present fraud totalled £328m in 2008
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According to Apacs, the increase should be seen alongside the popularity of online shopping and increasing numbers of businesses accepting cards remotely.
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Apacs states only 7\% of cheques are used, looks like
This is Money | Home 2009
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Apacs said its members did not raise the credit limits of borrowers with financial problems.
This is Money | Home 2009
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Phishing is still on the up, says Apacs, and online banking users remain the target of malware attacks, regardless of industry initiatives to tackle fraud such as the secure online payment systems MasterCard SecureCode and Verified by Visa, designed to prevent web shopping scams.
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The latest figures from Apacs show that with the introduction of Chip and PIN making stolen cards harder to use, card-not-present scams are now the easier hit for fraudsters and this type of fraud is on the increase.
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