RE: UKNM: Credit card fraud

[Dominic Taylor]

On a similar note, Amazon.com are offering guaranteed cover for your $50

liability, if your credit card is used fraudulently. 



http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/help/security%2Dguarantee.html/0

02-6600812-5242667

<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/help/security%2Dguarantee.html/

002-6600812-5242667> 


We have hundreds of transactions a week through our site and have never

had any cases of fraud reported.  However, I do think there is a

lingering mistrust of e-commerce which needs addressing, which is why we

will be implementing a similar guarantee to Amazon .


On the other hand, the reverse psychology is that just by mentioning

credit card fraud, you could put some doubts into potential buyers'

minds.


Dom

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	-----Original Message-----

	From:	Charles Linn [SMTP:

charleslfoe [dot] co [dot] uk

]

	Sent:	Wednesday, June 24, 1998 2:41 PM

	To:

uk-netmarketingmail [dot] chinwag [dot] com

	Subject:	UKNM: Credit card fraud


	Has anyone come across cases of credit card fraud in this

country or abroad,

	involving intercepted secure transactions where the encryption

has been

	subsequently cracked?  We would like to put a statement to the

effect that this

	is either very rare or non-existent, on our web site to allay

people's fears as

	we percieve a lingering and unreasonable distrust of e-commerce

out there.  Our

	IT manager sensibly advised that if people were interested in

credit card

	fraud, they would find it a damn site easier to get a job as a

waiter, but I'm

	not sure that our audience would find this altogether

comforting.


	Cheers


	Chas


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	Charles Linn

	Web Producer

	Friends of the Earth


	http://www.foe.co.uk