Fraud prevention is a major concern for many people. To prevent fraudulent charges, most merchants require customers to provide their debit or credit card number, its expiration date and a numeric ...

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Sophie Venz is a former Deputy Editor at Forbes Advisor. She is an experienced editor and features reporter, and has previously worked in the small business and start-up reporting space. Previously ...