Fraud prevention system
First Claim
1. A fraud prevention system, comprising:
- at least one central operating system for;
maintaining a list of a plurality of subscribers;
receiving a plurality of reports of fraudulent activity from at least one subscribers;
storing the reports of fraudulent activity;
organizing the reports of fraudulent activity; and
generating at least one alert message for electronic transmission to at least one of the plurality of subscribers; and
at least one display device in electronic communication with the at least one central operating system for displaying the reports of fraudulent activity and allowing at least one subscriber to enter at least one report of fraudulent activity.
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Abstract
A fraud prevention system for notifying subscribers of the system, which may be financial institutions; such as banks, brokerage houses, and credit unions; law enforcement agencies; retail stores; and others, of the occurrence of a fraudulent act so that the unaffected subscribers may take appropriate action to prevent the same perpetrator or other perpetrators from committing other fraudulent acts. The fraud prevention system includes a central operating system for receiving reports of fraudulent activity and making those reports available to subscribers of the system. The fraud prevention system also includes at least one display device for displaying the reports of fraudulent activity.
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24 Claims
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1. A fraud prevention system, comprising:
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at least one central operating system for;
maintaining a list of a plurality of subscribers;
receiving a plurality of reports of fraudulent activity from at least one subscribers;
storing the reports of fraudulent activity;
organizing the reports of fraudulent activity; and
generating at least one alert message for electronic transmission to at least one of the plurality of subscribers; and
at least one display device in electronic communication with the at least one central operating system for displaying the reports of fraudulent activity and allowing at least one subscriber to enter at least one report of fraudulent activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of preventing financial fraud, comprising:
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maintaining a list of a plurality of subscribers on at least one central operating system;
receiving a plurality of electronic reports of fraudulent activity from at least one subscribers;
storing the reports of fraudulent activity in the at least one central operating system;
organizing the reports of fraudulent activity; and
generating at least one alert message for electronic transmission to at least one of the plurality of subscribers based on pre-determined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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