WPW, thank you for bringing this utmost important subject to the front page. Just before I saw this post, I finished a short post with the same subject under the heading:
"Advice for online shoppers."
Hopefully it will reduce online fraud with some million USD's.
Related links:
Old (2004 link):
Online fraud costs $2.6 billion this year.
December 11, 2008:
Cybersource survey recorded $ 4 billion to online fraud this year
Tue Mar 17, 2009:
Airlines Tackle $1.4 Billion Online Fraud Challenge