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Fraud prevention experts join forces to beat card fraud

June 30th, 2008

192.com Business Services and the 3rd Man form unique industry partnership to share anti-fraud technologies with ecommerce and online gambling operators Read the rest of this news item »

Fraudsters exploit multi-million pound crack in card fraud protection system

June 11th, 2008

A system designed to help protect retailers and consumers from credit card fraud is now being used by fraudsters to steal goods from retailers, according to fraud protection specialists the 3rd Man. Read the rest of this news item »

IT Week: Experts urge collaboration to fight fraud

May 6th, 2008

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, 02 May 2008

Experts at the Retail Fraud Show called for greater data sharing between merchants, vendors and to combat the threat of online fraud. Read the rest of this news item »

The 3rd Man launches Card Not Present Forum

May 6th, 2008

Card fraud protection specialist, the 3rd Man, has launched a card-not-present (CNP) forum designed to help retailers and other groups involved in the fight against card crime. Read the rest of this news item »

Infosec 2008: 2007 online card fraud tops £500m

April 28th, 2008

Written by Ian Williams at Infosec Europe 2008

Card not present fraud is a major problem which is clearly getting worse Paul Simms The 3rd Man Group Read the rest of this news item »

2007 online card fraud tops half a billion pounds

April 23rd, 2008

This story will be the focus of BBC news reports on Wednesday the 23rd of April 2008 Read the rest of this news item »

The 3rd Man Sponsors the Retail Fraud Show – 1st May 2008

February 20th, 2008

Following the success of last year’s show, the 3rd Man will be sponsoring the Retail Fraud show on the 1st May at the Novotel Hotel in Hammersmith.

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“You and Yours” interview with CNP Fraud Expert Andrew Goodwill

January 9th, 2008

Broadcast 12th November 2007 on BBC Radio 4

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Fraudsters who’ve been bad all year can expect an unhappy Christmas

December 6th, 2007

Fraudsters expecting to cash in during the festive period may find their thieving stockings empty this year because of the SuperSearch National Fraud File launched in August 2007 by the 3rd Man. Independent research conducted by Forrester Research revealed that over £13.8 billion will be spent online by UK shoppers, up nearly half on last Christmas. However, with the National Fraud File now tracking the behaviour of thousands of fraudsters, UK online fraud prevention will also be at an all time high.

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Days numbered for fraudsters as The 3rd Man gets Early Warning

November 8th, 2007

“Ecommerce figures suggest that 95% of all online fraud detected involves more than one retailer. It is clear from this figure that the way forward for Internet traders is to share their data” – Paul Simms, CEO, the 3rd Man.

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