Original article by Shaun Drummond
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 18-Jun-14

Data from the Australian Payments Clearing Association shows that 162,896 transactions were made using lost or stolen credit cards in 2013, which is 94 per cent higher than previously. The amount of money lost through card fraud rose by 16 per cent to $A304m, including some $A219.7m worth of fraudulent transactions that were carried out online. So-called "skimming" of credit cards cost $A37.2m in 2013

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AUSTRALIAN PAYMENTS CLEARING ASSOCIATION LIMITED, MASTERCARD AUSTRALIA LIMITED, VICTORIA POLICE, UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA. CENTRE FOR INTERNET SAFETY