Card testing fraud increases across New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A local business owner is warning others after thousands of small transactions continue to flood her business, as a common fraud attempt increases across the state.

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With the start of a new year, out with the old and in with the new, is a common saying, but it seems fraudsters are keeping with their old ways. “I was noticing there was actually a lot of John Does visiting our website,” said the owner of Upside Goods Co., Ashley Fathergill.

Fathergill said that starting in mid-December, a purchase caught her eye. A simple four-dollar order for a box of matches…

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