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Article #78: How to Prevent and Protect Yourself from Online Fraud

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If you have ever been victim of fraud (as always, there are exceptions to
before, then you know all too well how this).
ugly it can be. The key to preventing Domain
fraud is to use common sense and Every domain must have contact
investigate with all the information you information. There are services out there
have. that offer privacy protection for their
Preventing Fraud contact information, but a lot of the
They key to preventing fraud is to domains are unprotected. You can lookup
collect as much information as possible. your client's domain using DomainTools to
While more information is generally see if it's registered to them, and if it
better, there is such thing as too much is, compare the information there with
information too. You don't want to go the information that they gave you.
around collecting your clients' SSNs, as Username / email
that probably would scare them away. A Almost all of the fraudsters that you
shopping cart, or some sort of ordering will encounter will use a form of a free
system is usually a good idea in keeping email address. The tricky part is, so
your customer data secure and easily will your legitimate customers. Googling
findable. their email address or a username will
Below we're going to break up the sometimes return some results that you
different techniques you can do with can checkout, and learn more about your
certain types of information. customer to see if he will be the ideal
IP Address customer.
The best thing you can do with an IP How to Deal with an Existing Fraud Case
address is figuring out the location of Didn't see this tutorial in time to learn
it. You can do this with DomainTools or how to prevent fraud? Well, let's go over
DNSStuff. Sometimes an IP can be off by a the basics on fighting those pesky
few states or a few hundred miles at the chargebacks.
most. But if the IP location is in a No matter what type of merchant account
different country than your customer, you own, if it is a legitimate fraud,
then you may have a problem. From my then you will lose. It's pretty simple.
experience, the IP is usually from an odd However you do stand a chance against
country. Generally IP is one of the most those who cry fraud, when in reality,
clear indicators, but it can be wrong. they just wanted it free.
Phone Number If you use Paypal, then you do stand a
With a phone number, you can do several chance. If you sell a non-tangible
things. The most obvious is figure out service, such as software, or programming
where the area code is. If this is a US designing etc. then tell Paypal this.
phone number, you should be able just Provide proof that you did fraud
Google the area code and it will tell you screening, and that you know this person
the location of it. Be forewarned, that a received what you guaranteed to them. If
lot of times people have an area code they've paid through a credit card to
near them, but not necessarily in the Paypal, then your chances become
same location. Then there are the increasingly smaller. Almost every
oddballs who have a VoIP number or dispute a consumer files with their
something similar on the other side of credit card company, they will reward the
the country. You got to be very careful consumer. Fighting a credit card
with phone numbers. chargeback is not an easy task at all.
The next thing you can do is a reverse The bottom line is use common sense. Try
phone lookup. I find to be the most to call your customers directly if
effective and easiest to use. A lot of possible, to speak with them over the
numbers that you will lookup will be phone. This is by far the best method of
unlisted or cell phone numbers. A reverse preventing fraud. But just remember,
phone lookup is also an effective method there is not a single method that will
for finding out if your customer is a reduce fraud by 100%. You should always
minor or just slightly older than a minor be aware of that, each and every day.






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