10-21-2006, 08:24 AM
Quote:Web retailers should stop accepting transactions from customers using Yahoo and Hotmail email addresses, according to credit-reference agency checkmyfile.
The company said retailers accepting transactions from the popular web-based email services are up to seven times more likely to have to refund the owners credit cards due to fraudulent activity...
The company said fraudsters use yahoo.co.uk email addresses in seven out of 10 cases of identity theft, with yahoo.com and hotmail.co.uk addresses also ranking high on the list...
full article: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=7364
