Sophia got an e-mail asking for her credit card account number.

索菲亚收到一封向她索要信用卡账号的电子邮件。

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Credit Cards American Express a 16-18 character number that identifies an American Express credit card account.

信用卡american Express一个包含16 - 18个字符的编号，标识american Express信用卡帐户。

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This screen displays credit card information accessed by account number.

这个屏幕显示了按帐号访问的信用卡的信息。

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Now, in a survey of more than 600 small business owners and executives, the Ponemon Institute has tried to put a number on the cost of credit card account fraud for those vulnerable targets, comparing the damage with the cost of physical theft by employees or burglars.

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Combine these facts with the practices of many credit card companies that provide detailed account information by automated phone systems when you call from your home number and this can become a real threat.

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Sure, a fingerprint will identify a user to his or her systems, but what about the possibility of connecting a fingerprint to an iTunes account, a social networking or job-hunting site, or even a credit card number?

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