Credit card fraud prevention for merchants: Call the cardholder

Merchants often include a phone call when completing a transaction. It leaves the customer with the impression that the merchant cares enough to give them individual attention, while giving the merchant a chance to feel out their legitimacy. Offenders sometimes list the actual phone number of the cardholder, which can resolve the problem instantly.

General Guidelines for fraud prevention

Credit card fraud prevention tips (researching the customer):



Precautionary Methods (from Merchant Side):