Lost and stolen card fraud – a card is physically stolen from your wallet or home, or it is lost, and is then used by a criminal, posing as you, to obtain goods and services. Most fraud of this type takes place before you have reported the loss. This type of card fraud has remained fairly static for the past five years, but a decrease is expected once chip and PIN is fully rolled out in the UK. Card issuers have several countermeasures, including sophisticated software that can, before a transaction is authorized, estimate the probability of fraud. For example, a large transaction occurring a great distance from the cardholder's home might seem suspicious. The merchant may be instructed to call the card issuer for verification, or to decline the transaction, or even to hold the card and refuse to return it to the customer. The customer must contact the issuer and prove who they are to get their card back (if it is not fraud and they are actually buying a product).
Skimming
Skimming is the theft of credit card information