Online credit card fraud on the rise

By Lucy Cormack, Carol Saffer
Updated June 28 2018 - 1:26pm, first published August 3 2017 - 12:00am
In every $1000, card fraud accounted for 74.7 cents. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
In every $1000, card fraud accounted for 74.7 cents. Photo: Jessica Shapiro

THERE has been a massive increase in online credit card fraud, with transactions made using stolen card details hitting $417.6 million in 2016 more than doubling since 2011.

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