Online fraud is low in county
Tuesday 8th September 2009, 7:09AM BST.
Shropshire is a low risk area for internet fraud, a new map shows.
Acording to a new survey, fewer than 0.2 per cent of transactions carried out in the SY or TF postcode areas used stolen credit card details.
However, in the Wolverhampton postcode area it is estimated that 0.5 per cent of transactions were fraudulent.
The findings are published in a map produced by security firm the 3rd man, which represents 20 per cent of firms operating on the internet.
It surveyed 85,000,000 transactions carried out between 31 July 2008 and August 1 2009.
The company estimates that during that period fraudsters stole goods worth half a billion pounds.
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