Explain check and credit card fraud and some of the common counter measures

What will be an ideal response?


• Checks can be forged, and stolen credit cards can be used to rack up substantial purchases before they are reported to the card issuer. The only common security measure on all cards is a signature panel, but signatures are relatively easy to forge. Another common countermeasure is to require the user to key in some identifying information, such as the user's ZIP or postal code. This method may deter casual theft of a card found alone, but if the cardholder's wallet is stolen, it may be trivial for the thief to deduce the information by looking at other items in the wallet. Card issuers have several countermeasures, including sophisticated software that can, prior to an authorized transaction, estimate the probability of fraud. For example, a large transaction occurring a great distance from the cardholder's home might seem suspicious.

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_____ evidence is any object that can establish that a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or a crime and its perpetrator

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Perhaps a useful tool of writing down your own feelings while doing observations is related to which of the following guidelines when doing a field research project?

A. Take the time to consider how you want to relate to your potential subjects as people. B. Speculate about what personal problems might arise and how you will respond to them. C. Keep in touch with other researchers and personal friends outside the research setting. D. Maintain standards of conduct that make you comfortable as a person and that respect the integrity of your subjects.

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The toxic nature of carbon monoxide is that it attaches itself easily to hemoglobin.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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In which case did the U.S. Supreme Court uphold preventive detention?

a. Santobello v. New York (1971) b. Boykin v. Alabama (1969) c. Brady v. United States (1970) d. United States v. Salerno (1987)

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