Here's a brief list of some of the more prominent countries throughout the world that are prominent for their credit card fraud, particularly as it pertains to e-commerce credit card fraud. If your retail, wholesale, distributor or manufacturer business provides international overseas shipping, be certain you verify all information pertinent to the order, including address, phone number, credit card and bank information. Keeping a careful and common sense eye on your online store's orders will help you to learn how to identify and prevent e-commerce credit card fraud.

Usually, these criminals are very persistent and will contact you repeatedly in attempt to get their online order processed. Their orders are usually for high-dollars parts, products and services that are worth one hundred dollars or more and include quantities that are extremely odd. They are also more than willing to pay full retail for these products, when the average person ordering 10 to 200 parts will request a dealer or distributor discount. For them, the larger the amount, the greater their reward and the worse your loss. Don't see dollar signs. Instead, learn to identify the signs of fruad, particularly fraud upon the Internet. One way around this is to have them initially perform a small purchase. Once the order is completely processed and all funds transfer and are verified, after 30 days, allow them to make a larger order. If they're ligit, proceed to a slightly larger amount. Forcing them to pay for orders using PayPal is also an excellent option, since PayPal generally enlists draconian credit card verfication. You are also encouraged to verify with your bank on fraud identification techniques.

Also note (*), the countries of Malaysia and Signapore may be interchangable, since they share the same postal codes. The list below should alert you to flag these countries as potential threats to your international e-commerce operation's finances.

Africa
Belarus
Egypt
Estonia
Ghana
Hungary
Indonesia
Israel
Latvia Lithuania
Macedonia
Malaysia *
Nigeria
Pakistan
Phillipines Romania
Russia
Singapore *
Slovak Republic
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
Vietnam
Yugoslavia