[Plone-conference] security tips on credit/debit card usage in Brazil

Héctor Velarde hector.velarde at gmail.com
Mon Sep 23 18:29:28 UTC 2013


for years credit/debit card fraud has been a huge issue in Brazil.

according to one site:

"Some 14% of those surveyed had seen fraudulent charges on their credit 
cards, nearly 13% experienced the fraudulent use of personal data, and 
roughly 7% were affected by card cloning[…]

"But it's not all bad news on the fraud front in Brazil. Overall losses 
from credit card fraud are declining, even though the use of credit 
cards is growing. Card fraud losses in Brazil decreased from R$ 301 
million (US$ 177 million) a year in 2005 to R$ 213 million (US$ 125 
million) in 2010. During the same time, the number of financial cards 
more than doubled, rising from 360.6 million to 723.3 million."

http://bankinganalyticsblog.fico.com/2011/10/mixed-news-on-fraud-in-brazil-1.html

even as nowadays it's more difficult for criminals to clone cards, some 
friends of mine have been victims of this kind of scam, some of them 
even this year.

some recommendations when using your cards in Brazil:

* never use ATM that are unguarded after banking hours; prefer ATM 
located on public spaces that could be difficult to hack like the ones 
on airports and inside bank branches.
* never let anybody get your card out of your view; if you have to pay 
something, they must bring wireless terminals to you.
* set a limit on your cards and check every day your transactions so you 
can discover any issue early.

I think credit cards are insured and debit cards are not, but I'm not 
pretty sure on this.

travel safe!
-- 
Héctor Velarde


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