paulclarke - 7:55 am on Jun 10, 2001 (gmt 0)

Well pmac the problem I have had with credit card payment is that which ever system you use 'Streamline' who clear most UK payments do NOT check the NAME or ADDRESS of the data given against the card holders info. I understand this is about to change, but it should have been done from DAY 1. Also not all banks are going to adopt the new system.

I would like to warn any company planning to supply goods by post to customers, that credit card payment/processing is not to be trusted. At the moment it is possbile to enter random credit card numbers on-line and be cleared. This has happended to me with worldpay.com.

I thought they were at least confirming the name matched the card holders name. But alas NOT!

This has now cost me about £1,000 in chargebacks.

I guess the reason we are more at risk on-line is because the crooks can keep trying numbers until they are correct plus if they have a stolen card they no they won't end up on CCTV.

I have been told by UK police that they are having big problems with this type of fraud.