Affinion Security Center announced that more than 200 American and Canadian financial companies are now using Affinion Security Center’s Card Patrol in their efforts to thwart identity theft.
Card Patrol monitors and analyzes chat rooms that are known havens for credit card thieves and other identity criminals. Through this real-time, preemptive monitoring, Card Patrol helps stop fraud before it happens. Card Patrol members can register up to ten account numbers, and Card Patrol will scour the web and chat rooms to see if those numbers come up in fraudulent trading and transactions. Clients are also notified for fraudulent use of other coveted identity data, such as social security numbers, mother’s maiden name, and card PINs.
Serge Rivest, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Davis + Henderson, is impressed with Card Patrol’s work. “Card Patrol has been successful in increasing awareness of identity theft as it continues to claim more victims worldwide,” Rivest said. “This service has been a benefit that many of our customers take advantage of.”
Tom Rusin, CEO of Affinion Security Center, warns that identity theft is a growth industry. “The rapid growth of this program indicates consumers’ increased attention to the threat of identity theft, the link to personal finance and consumers’ reliance on trusted financial partners to provide them with reliable solution,” Tom Rusin said.
Affinion Security Center, a division of the Affinion Group, has a long history of providingsecurity, credit monitoring and identity theft protection. In 1969, Affinion Security Center launched HotLine, a pioneer program to stop ID theft and credit card fraud. In 1992, Affinion launched PrivacyGuard, a membership-based comprehensive credit monitoring product which was which is still in wide use today. Today, the Affinion Group offers a full range of security options, including BreachShield, PCSafety Plus, and Identity Secure.
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