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Wallich, Paul, Wallich, P |
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Scientific American; Aug99, Vol. 281 Issue 2, p32-33, 2p, 1 Color Photograph |
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Focuses on a United States Federal Trade Commission investigation into the practices of Kenneth H. Taves, his wife Teresa, and their associates. Their scam of adding fraudulent transactions to consumer credit cards; The Web page of physician and software developer John G. Faughnan as a source of information on the scam; Shortcomings in credit-card-processing procedures; Why there is a lack of incentive in the electronic commerce chain to adopt measures to make the scams less likely. |
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