Borrower, Beware: Credit-Card Fraud Attempts Rise During the Coronavirus Crisis

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Borrower, Beware: Credit-Card Fraud Attempts Rise During the Coronavirus Crisis
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Emboldened fraudsters are mounting phishing attacks and attempting purchases with credit-card numbers stolen in old hacks

Fraudsters are increasingly using pilfered credit-card numbers and phishing attacks to prey on overwhelmed consumers and banks during the coronavirus pandemic.

There has been a big jump in attempted credit- and debit-card fraud since coronavirus shut down the U.S. economy earlier this year, according to Fidelity National Information Services Inc., known as FIS, which assists about 3,200 U.S. banks with fraud monitoring. The dollar volume of attempted fraudulent transactions rose 35% in April from a year earlier, FIS said,...

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