Southeast London is card fraud cesspool

Published Thursday 24th July 2008 12:26 GMT Nail down your security priorities. Ask the experts and your peers at The Register Security Debate, September 24 2008. London is the biggest single centre for credit card fraud with southeast London - particularly Thamesmead (SE28) - becoming notorious as the place with the most fraudulent activity in the UK, according to a new survey. An analysis of over 30 million 'good' and 'bad' card transactions over the first half of 2008 by anti-fraud service the 3rd Man and ID check service 192business.com aims to spotlight both fraud hotspots and how fraudsters ply their trade. Outside of the capital, other fraud hotspots identified by the study include Manchester (5th) Romford (3rd) and Ilford (8th) in Essex, and Dartford (10th) in Kent. In the Midlands, Coventry (7th) is followed by... [read full story]