Should a new transaction sway from a customer's history, flags are raised. His wife rarely used a particular credit card except for Filene's Basement. When the ASRG member made a purchase in Providence. On another instance with the same card, Filene's asked for extra ID after his purchase exceeded his typical charge. Organized Crime Organized crime has far greater resources than any anti-fraud division of the largest financial institutions.
Organized crime spends millions to exploit weaknesses in credit card fraud detection.
For instance, crime organizations will acquire credit card numbers and profiles of the credit card owners' purchase patterns. Examples Attacks Leased lines Companies connect various points of presence via leased lines. Many companies believe that these leased lines are private and therefore extend their virtual private network. This is anything but true. For instance, frame relay will float through many carriers.