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US 2008/0288385 A1Published application
Method and system for preventing card fraud
AssigneeFirst Data Corporation
InventorsJulie A. Geschwender, Michele Murphy-Houser
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Abstract
A method and system for preventing card fraud include obtaining card event information of a card user from a provider such as a card issuer, a merchant, a retailer, etc., during a card event between the card user and the provider. The card event information is compared with known fraudulent information stored in a database. An alert is sent to the provider if there is a match between the card event information and the known fraudulent information.
Claims20
A method for preventing card fraud, the method comprising:
- obtaining card event information of a card user from a provider during a card event between the card user and the provider;
- comparing the card event information with known fraudulent information stored in a database;
- and
- sending an alert to the provider if there is a match between the card event information and the known fraudulent information.
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A system for preventing card fraud, the system comprising:
- a database for storing known fraudulent information;
- and
- a processor in communication with the database and a provider;
- wherein the processor receives card event information of a card user from the provider during a card event between the card user and the provider, compares the card event information with the known fraudulent information stored in the database, and sends an alert to the provider if there is a match between the card event information and the known fraudulent information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.