Dine Fraud Free

Credit Card Skimming reportedly cost merchants more than $200 Million a year in the restaurant industry alone. Below is a great article on how skimming scams come about. The easiest way to prevent these is setting up the Alpine Payment Systems DINE FRAUD FREE program. To learn more or set up your establishment call us today (877)217-0707 

http://www.fastcasual.com/blog/8471/Credit-Card-Skimming-A-business-and-customer-nightmare

$500k is the typical day in skimmer frauds

"A typical day sees about $500K in skimmer frauds per day" It is absurd that a little time checking the device you are using your card with and not letting your card out of your hand can prevent skimming as outlined in the article below- http://www.examiner.com/article/skimmer-card-fraud-socks-comerica-bank

Spotting Credit Card Skimming

Ever worried you are going to lose your card information when you pay at the pump or use a random ATM? Here is a great read on how to spot credit card skimming and hopefully avoid it.

http://libertysecurity.ca/how-to-spot-credit-card-skimming.html

Lessons Learned

Having a faulty firewall in your point of sale system can lead to a breach of your credit card software. This Vancouver Island business learned this lesson first hand. 

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Vancouver+Island+goers+bank+cards+breached/6889485/story.html

Food Court Skimming Leads to $100,000.00 in losses

Skimming at a food court restaurant leads to over $100,000.00 in losses. Authorities do not know if a single person was skimming cards or if the computer system was hacked. Either way, Alpine Payment specializes in helping your business be protected from crimes like this with hand held equipment and ensuring our customers are following all PCI compliance requirements.

http://www.startribune.com/local/160736035.html

Life for skimming

Man who led a skimming ring responsible for skimming 38,000 credit and debit cards has been convicted and is now looking at a life sentence.

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/skimming-conviction-good-sign-a-4897

Talk about scary-

Not only do you have to worry about employees skimming your credit card information, in some cases you need to be weary of the business owner!!

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-25/news/os-credit-card-skimming-silvio-leon-20120625_1_credit-cards-credit-card-numbers-embosser