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SMS to detect credit card fraud  Text message alerts you when
fraud suspected  If you've ever had a credit card purchase
mysteriously rejected only to discover later that the bank
thought you were a fraudulent user, you may appreciate an effort
by MasterCard to use SMS (short message service) to streamline
the process of clearing up card-usage questions.  MasterCard has
joined with mBlox, a mobile messaging infrastructure specialist,
to add an SMS option to its Aristion fraud detection system and
is making Aristion Communicator available to banks.  "It is an
add-on module that will work as a turnkey or plug-and-play
solution to easily give banks the ability to reach more
customers rapidly and reliably at a lower cost," said Johan
Gerber, associate vice president of MasterCard's risk products
division. "Instead of every bank trying to do this on their own,
this SMS option is ready to use and can be installed in about an
hour."  MasterCard and mBlox