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FROM
CREDIT CARD AND CHECK FRAUD
AND OTHER CRIMES,
CHARGEBACKS, OTHER BANK PROBLEMS,
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Problem-solving, crime prevention, money-saving
manuals and fraud-blocker data bases
from America's leading specialist since 1982,
the Fraud & Theft Information Bureau

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PUBLICATIONS

These publications available to all businesses directly from the Fraud & Theft Information Bureau via the Internet (see secure order form below), by phone (561-737-8700), and fax (561-737-5800).
 
 

CREDIT CARD & CHECK FRAUD A STOP-LOSS MANUAL

CREDIT CARD & CHECK FRAUD: A STOP-LOSS MANUAL.

This fraud-control bible is guaranteed * to stop all your losses from credit card fraud and bad check problems covered in its comprehensive 330 pages.  No more losses from chargebacks and bad checks, counterfeiting, split deposits and check passing schemes. Retailers, direct marketers, service companies, banks and law enforcement agencies will now detect and halt fraudulent transactions before they occur and recoup any losses. 80 case histories; handsome 8½" x 11" binder. * If there is any problem this manual can't solve for you, our Consulting Division will solve it for you.

ISBN 0-914801-00-7.

$199.95 plus $15.00 s&h.

 

 

TOTAL CHARGEBACK AND FRAUD CONTROL MANUAL. 

All 46 kinds of chargebacks, with countermeasures for each; all the rights you are entitled to despite tough bank contracts; how stolen credit card numbers can bankrupt you; why authorization doesn't protect you; how to prevent your return policy from being violated; how to reverse all improper chargebacks and have the money replaced in your account within 24 hours; how to prevent cancellation of your Visa/MasterCard merchant status. 300 pages in special binder.

ISBN 0-914801-11-2.

$199.95 plus $15.00 s&h.

 

 

FRAUD CONTROL FOR DIRECT MARKETERS

FRAUD CONTROL FOR DIRECT MARKETERS.

The special fraud-prevention and loss control problems of mail order companies, catalogers, list owners, TV and print advertisers and how to solve them, even when your bank doesn't help. How to prevent internal and external theft, including your own telephone staff. Using database to control fraud. Self-analysis charts, dozens of case histories. 300 pages in special binder.

ISBN 0-914801-03-1.

$199.95 plus $15.00 s&h.

 

 

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GETTING AND KEEPING YOUR VISA/MC MERCHANT STATUS.

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GETTING AND KEEPING YOUR VISA/MASTERCARD MERCHANT STATUS. 

Why it has been so difficult. This manual tells you step by step how to get your own merchant status so you can accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Diners Club credit cards. What information is needed, including financial. What rate you will pay per transaction. How to get the best rate and service from your bank. How to prevent termination for excessive chargebacks and credits. SPECIAL -- INCLUDES APPLICATION FORM GUARANTEED TO SECURE VISA/MASTERCARD MERCHANT STATUS AND/OR CHECKS BY PHONE MERCHANT STATUS. 250 pages in special binder.

ISBN 0-914801-09-01.

$199.95 plus $15.00 s&h.

 

 

BEST ARTICLES FROM 100 FRAUD & THEFT NEWSLETTER ISSUES.

BEST ARTICLES FROM 100 FRAUD & THEFT NEWSLETTER ISSUES. 

Subscribers paid $1500 for this inside information on how the FBI, Secret Service, police, attorneys general, district attorneys, US Postal Inspection Service work with businesses to identify credit card and check thieves and counterfeiters. How to detect and halt losses from stolen and counterfeit credit cards, bad checks, theft by computer, shoplifting. Case histories, including indictments and prosecutions, organized crime, new technological developments, fraudulent mail order, telemarketing and other companies. Can save you many times the cost of this manual. 250 pages in special binder.

ISBN 0-914801-06-6.

$199.95 plus $15.00 s&h.

 

 

THE TOP 100 CREDIT CARD CRIMES AND HOW TO STOP THEM.

THE TOP 100 CREDIT CARD CRIMES AND HOW TO STOP THEM. 

The average card passes through more than 1000 hands each year, any of which can copy the number, use it fraudulently or sell it to a thief. One man applied for and got 818 credit cards with a total credit limit of $800,000. Fraudulent purchases are now made in person, by mail, phone, fax, computer, e-mail and the Internet. This manual tells you how to identify all of them, how the thieves work and gives you specific instructions on how to stop the top 100 crimes.

ISBN 0-914801-02-3.

$59.95 plus $10.00 s&h.

 

 

CREDIT CARD CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT KIT -- APPREHENSION, PROSECUTION, CONVICTION.

CREDIT CARD CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT KIT -- APPREHENSION, PROSECUTION, CONVICTION.

TV is now the best instructor in crime, training viewers in new techniques of robbery, burglary, embezzlement and white collar crimes. Problems in enforcement due to high priority given to violent crimes, crowded dockets, make it difficult to prosecute credit card crimes that average $300. Despite these problems, there are powerful ways to catch and punish the thieves, including corporate support of police, reverse sting operations, paying informants. Case histories, specific recommendations. "A fascinating bible for law enforcement."

ISBN 0-914801-05-8.

$59.95 plus $10.00 s&h.

 

 

100 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR SALES WITH CHECKS BY PHONE AND CHECKS BY WEB

100 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR SALES WITH CHECKS BY PHONE AND CHECKS BY WEB. 

How to double your sales by accepting checking account information from every part of the world as instant payment whenever credit cards can't or won't be used. How to accept instant check payment by phone, fax, E-mail, and directly from your web site, with no losses.  Where to advertise. How to cash in on the trillions paid by check -- 70 times more than all credit card payments.  200 million accounts in the U.S. alone can pay you in this manner. 34 different types of instant payment.  How to get free software, money in your bank in 24 hours, with no limit on the size or number of your transactions. 

ISBN 0-914801-24-4.

$59.95 plus $10.00 s&h

 

 

Secure Order form

SUPER-SECURE ENCRYPTED INTERNET ORDER ENTRY FORM.

Developed by the Fraud & Theft Information Bureau exclusively for CHECKS BY WEB, this order form enables your Internet customers in every part of the world to enter their payment information with total security, double encrypted to protect it against all hackers.  This information flows instantly and automatically to the CHECKS BY WEB Payment Center via the Internet for screening and overnight delivery of checks to the merchant. All information is checked immediately for accuracy and fraud control.  The $250 price includes programming and installation anywhere in the world.

 

 

Directory of U.S. Credit Bureaus

DIRECTORY OF U.S. CREDIT BUREAUS.

Tells consumers how to get copies of their credit report FREE -- why they must correct any errors immediately and how to correct them.  Tells every business how and when to screen customers' credit; how to avoid all losses; how to get paid immediately by bad credit risks.  When and how to use check guarantee; when to use check verification.  Explains the difference between local credit bureaus and national; when and how to use each.  When and how to use a collection agency; how to collect delinquent accounts yourself automatically.

ISBN 0-914801-19-8.

$59.95 plus $10 s&h.

 

 

CREDIT CARD SAFTEY FOR EVERY CARDHOLDER

CREDIT CARD SAFETY FOR EVERY CARDHOLDER.

This handy brochure lists all the precautions you must take to safeguard your credit cards; how to avoid theft of your credit card or credit card information; what to do immediately if they are lost or stolen.  Includes a list of the most common credit card crimes endangering the nation's cardholders.  When not to give your credit card information.  How to get the best rates; how to avoid paying annual fees.  This brochure has been offered by Oprah Winfrey, and dozens of other TV and radio programs and by many publications.

ISBN 0-914801-18-X.

$4.50 plus $0.50 s&h


 

FRAUD-BLOCKER DATA BASES

 

BIN NUMBER DIRECTORY OF ALL VISA AND MASTERCARD ISSUING BANKS.

BIN NUMBER DIRECTORY OF ALL VISA AND MASTERCARD ISSUING BANKS. 

Verifies that every customer is the actual cardholder, not a thief using a stolen number.  Abort all fraudulent transactions, stop losses of merchandise, services and money, avoid chargebacks.  Identifies every Visa/MasterCard bank in the world via the first three to 10 digits on every card.  When asked on phone orders, the thief won't know the name of the issuing bank.  Verify customer's name and address, identify fraudulent applications; identify foreign cards.

ISBN 0-914801-04-X.

Printed edition, $1175.00 postpaid.

On disk, mag tape, or CD-ROM. $5075.00 postpaid. 

 

 

DIRECTORY OF MAIL DROP ADDRESS AND ZIP CODES

DIRECTORY OF MAIL DROP ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES. 

This directory spots every one of the 21,000 mail drops used by credit card thieves to steal your merchandise.  Thousands of credit card thieves use these addresses, which sound like residential addresses, to hide their identity and their true addresses while stealing from you with stolen credit card numbers.  Avoid loss of both money and merchandise on phone, fax, E-mail, and Internet orders.  All 21.000 addresses are in zip code sequence for instant checking and detection.

ISBN 0-914801-07-4.

Printed edition, $605.50 postpaid.

On disk, mag tape, or CD-ROM. $2535.00 postpaid.
 

 

 

DIRECTORY OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES

DIRECTORY OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL ADDRESSES AND 
ZIP CODES. 

Over a million inmates can steal from you, using stolen credit card numbers.  They have unlimited ability to use mail and phone to order fraudulently from all companies whose offers, addresses and toll free numbers they see in catalogs, magazines, newspapers, on TV, or the Internet.  Losses to merchants last year exceeded half a billion dollars.  You  will save money and merchandise by identifying orders coming from Federal, state, county and municipal prisons and jails.  In zip code sequence for instant matching.

ISBN 0-914801-01-5.

Printed edition, $505.50 postpaid.

On disk, mag tape, or CD-ROM. $1515.00 postpaid.

CONSULTING SERVICES

Consultation on any of the subjects covered in the above publications and data bases is available with a skilled member of the Schwartz-Sax consulting team.

Pearl and Larry recieving the J. Edgar Hover Award

WINNERS OF THE J. EDGAR HOOVER AWARD

Authors Larry Schwartz and Pearl Sax are shown receiving the J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Award "for saving businesses, banks and consumers millions of dollars with their fraud-blocker publications and data bases -- and for their creation of fraud-proof new check payment systems that aid consumers, businesses and the nation's economy." Mr. Schwartz and Ms. Sax developed the "Name and Address Verification System" (AVS) in use by all credit card companies.

Mr. Schwartz and Ms. Sax head the consulting team that has solved fraud and bank relations problems for companies like AT&T, General Foods, Prodigy, Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company, Boardroom Reports and many other large and small companies.

They are also founders and directors of CHECKS BY PHONE® and CHECKS BY WEB®, which enable companies throughout the world to accept instant payment by phone, fax, E-mail, and web site for all products and services.
 
 

YOU'LL BE IN GOOD COMPANY

4000 companies have ordered our manuals and data bases. They range from small home-based businesses to the nation's largest companies. Here are just a few of the large companies:
 
 

L.L. Bean

General Foods

Banana Republic

Land's End

Visa

Tiffany

Sharper Image

Ralph Lauren 

Saks Fifth Avenue

McGraw Hill

Grolier

Hoffritz

Hearst Magazines

Columbia House

AT&T

Boardroom Reports

Calvin Klein

Service Merchandise

Neiman Marcus

Hanover House

American Express

The Gap

Piggly Wiggly

I.B.M.

Sears Roebuck

Hammacher Schlemmer

PC Connection

CitiBank

Bank of America

Fingerhut

Rodale

Colonial Penn

Bloomingdale's

Home Shopping Club

Time/Life

Laura Ashley

Harry & David

Avis 

Brookstone

Radio Shack

Fortunoff

Prodigy

MasterCard

Chase Manhattan Bank

Macy's 

Chevron

Pantry Pride

J.C. Penney

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ORDER FORM

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Company Name:

 

Address:

 

City, State, Zip:

 

 

 

Phone:

 

Fax:

 

E-MAIL:

 

(___)Charge my  (___) VISA  (___) MasterCard  (___) American Express

 

Credit Card Number _____________________________________________________________________________________ Exp. Date ________________________

 

(___) I enclose  (___) Check (___) Money Order in the amount of $ ___________________________________________ (FL residents please add 6% sales tax.)

 

(___) Charges my checking account via Checks By Phone® ____________________________________________________________________________________

NAME OF BANK

 

NUMBERS AT BOTTOM OF CHECK__________________________________________________________________ Check Number___________________________

ALL NUMBERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

 

Signature ______________________________________________________________________________________ Title _____________________________________

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SUBTOTAL

 

CREDIT CARD & CHECK FRAUD: A STOP-LOSS MANUAL

199.95

15.00

 

 

TOTAL CHARGEBACK AND FRAUD CONTROL MANUAL

199.95

15.00

 

 

FRAUD CONTROL FOR DIRECT MARKETERS

199.95

15.00

 

 

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GETTING AND KEEPING YOUR VISA/MASTERCARD MERCHANT STATUS

199.95

15.00

 

 

THE BEST ARTICLES FROM 100 FRAUD & THEFT NEWSLETTER ISSUES

199.95

15.00

 

 

THE TOP 100 CREDIT CARD CRIMES AND HOW TO STOP THEM

59.95

10.00

 

 

CREDIT CARD CRIME LAW ENFORCEMENT KIT

59.95

10.00

 

 

100 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR SALES WITH CHECKS BY PHONE® AND CHECKS BY WEB®

59.95

10.00

 

 

SUPER-SECURE ENCRYPTED WEB ORDER ENTRY FORM

250.00

N/A

 

 

DIRECTORY OF U.S. CREDIT BUREAUS

59.95

10.00

 

 

CREDIT CARD SAFETY FOR EVERY CARDHOLDER

4.50

0.50

 

 

BIN NUMBER DIRECTORY OF ALL VISA AND MASTERCARD ISSUING BANKS. (printed version)

1175.00

Included

 

 

BIN NUMBER DIRECTORY OF ALL VISA AND MASTERCARD ISSUING BANKS. (_)disk (_)CDROM (_)mag tape version

5075.00

Included

 

 

DIRECTORY OF MAIL DROP ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES (printed version)

605.50

Included

 

 

DIRECTORY OF MAIL DROP ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES (_)disk (_)CDROM (_)mag tape version

2535.00

Included

 

 

DIRECTORY OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES (printed version)

505.50

Included

 

 

DIRECTORY OF ALL PRISON AND JAIL ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES (_)disk (_)CDROM (_)mag tape version

1515.00

Included

 

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