Beware of State Bank of India Credit CardAugust 25th, 2007 Several people are having a bad experience with State Bank Credit Card, myself included. The whole operation smells, run by outside-minimally-paid agents and there are gaping holes in the system which can rob your blind.
How To: Tata Indicom Online Bill PaymentAugust 31st, 2007 Tata Indicom now allows you to pay your bills online using your credit card or using your net banking account. As a Tata Indicom Broadband customer this is a big convenience for me.
Sales Force Automation For Community Financial Institutions Like Banks and Credit UnionsApril 29th, 2006 Sales Force Automation is moving from one-size-fits-all solution model (like Siebel or SalesForce) to solutions / products targeted towards specific market segments. For example let's take a look at ResourceOne from CoreTrac.
How To Turn off Auto-Complete for Credit Card InputOctober 21st, 2005 This tip comes from Pete Freitag:
Always, always set autocomplete="off" in the input tag. For example:
<input type="text" name="cc" autocomplete="off" /&rt;
Otherwise, if people have the form completion feature turned on their credit card number will be stored in plain text somewhere on the computer (in the registry, or elsewhere).
Hackers Steal 19, 000 AT&T DSL Customer's Credit Card InformationAugust 30th, 2006 AT&T said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data, including credit card information, on thousands of customers who used its online store. The attack affects about 19,000 customers who purchased equipment for high-speed DSL Internet connections through AT&T's Web site.
Bank of America Loses Tapes of Records of 1.2 Million With Visa CardsFebruary 28th, 2005 Bank of America said yesterday that it had lost computer backup tapes containing personal information about 1.2 million federal employees, including some senators, with Visa charge cards issued by the bank. The tapes were lost in shipment.
Data Broker LexisNexis said Personal Data of 310, 000 U.S. citizes feared stolenApril 12th, 2005 An investigation by the firm's Anglo-Dutch parent Reed Elsevier determined that its databases had been fraudulently breached 59 times using stolen passwords, leading to the possible theft of personal information such as addresses and Social Security numbers. This is the second biggest breach after Bank of America incident.
8 Fraud Prevention & Protection Measures in Google CheckoutAugust 2nd, 2006 Eight different ways Google Checkout prevents and protects you from fraudulent credit card transactions, reimburses you for eligible chargebacks and even fights on your behalf:
Update: See the comments at the end for some negative experiences with Google checkout. Consider them before commiting to Google checkout.
Solving Spam Problem The Russian WayAugust 2nd, 2005 Russia’s most notorious spammer, Vardan Kushnir, 35, was found dead in his apartment in downtown Moscow on Monday, July 25. Someone repeatedly smashed his head with a heavy object and then ransacked his entire apartment according to authorities.
Major ID theft uncovered, affecting thousands of CaliforniansFebruary 17th, 2005 ChoicePoint is working with the California authorities on this, assuming that the impact is on Californian residents only. However security experts diasgree.
EBay-PayPal Users Targeted by New Phishing ScamJune 20th, 2006 Robert Knowlton, an avid eBay user, bought a pair of slippers from a very reputable dealer on eBay. Soon after he got an e-mail that looked like it was from the dealer where he bought the slippers.
How To Make Free Collect Calls from India to USANovember 18th, 2008 Collect calls and calls to 1-800 numbers should be free, right? Unfortunately in India, there isn't a simple way to call a 1-800 number in USA or make a simple collect call for free. However there is a way and it is free.
MySpace Used To Solicit 14yr Old For "menage a trois"July 20th, 2006 The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a report that a 14-year-old Oostburg girl was solicited to be part of a “menage a trois” on the social networking Web site MySpace.com, according to Capt. Dave Adams. The girl’s father called the sheriff’s department Wednesday night after her mother communicated with several of the girl’s friends using her MySpace account and discovering language that was “sexual in nature,” Adams said.
Missouri Mother from Myspace Hoax Must get 3 year Imprisonment: FedsMay 9th, 2009 Feds want 3-year term for Mo. mom in MySpace hoax
LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors say a Missouri mother should serve three years in prison for her role in a MySpace hoax on a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
Job Search Site Monster Hacked; 1.6 Million User Records StolenAugust 23rd, 2007 A Trojan horse, with a descriptive name Infostealer.Monstres, was used to steal more than 1.6 million records from several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, Symantec has reported. The personal details of hundreds of thousands of candidates, such as name, surname, email address, country, home address, work/mobile/home phone numbers and resume ID etc.
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May 1st, 2007 at 8:57 am
That is just plain sad. I know it’s now easy to get credit cards online but paying for all our purchases is still the same, painful routine. And paying for purchases not made by us is, well, I can just scratch my head.
I used to work in a call center, by the way, and I know a lot of people who works in call centers but I don’t know anybody who did what she did. She’s giving the call center industry a bad name.
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:55 am
Such petty thiefs are doing the industry much harm. I personally know CalcuttaWeb’s owner and I was informed that he had to bear the total burden of the loss.
November 20th, 2007 at 5:00 am
We can’t deny the fact that such cases take place. Though credit card protection exists, in some situations it can’t help.