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Aussie fraud credit card may not be as lucrative as recently reported.

When it comes to recognizing the risks of a credit card Aussie media networks have recently been advertising that can bring your data could be a fraudster.

However, viewers of ABC Four Corners have highlighted differences in the estimates of the value of credit card fraud to the authors, digital media reports.

Advertising - Australasia eponymous "Journal of the new media revolution" - said by a credit card fraud criminals can expect Aussie to around U.S. $ 30 a time.

On the orientation of the security company Symantec puts the value of each card around the double digit mark, the article adds.

He goes on to note that Symantec has been thanked at the end of the Four Corners on the credit card fraud.

However, during the report, a police officer described himself as "conservative" estimate of the benefit card that fraudsters can be expected when he put the figure at $ 2,000.

Digital Media indicates that the piece, entitled The fear in the fast lane, was particularly remarkable for the impact it has among its Internet-savvy viewers.

Following the broadcast, viewers began to tweet on the micro-blogging site Twitter about the claims made - and the added value that could be provided by viewers say how to protect themselves, rather than focusing solely on the perceived risks.

Meanwhile, retailer Brisbane, Ankle Biters, recent victim of credit card fraud after taking orders from someone claiming to be a wholesaler based in the United Kingdom.

However, after the transfer of money to the shipping agent of the person, the online retailer based on the discovery that funds had gone directly into the fraudster's account, reports Today etail.

A total of 24,000 dollars was lost in all, following the company's ability to accept payment of legitimate credit card holders Aussie has been put on hold.

After a few weeks of opening a physical store, the family business now faces a "long road" back to profitability, according to the founder Tanya Love.