&quot;in 2012 local banks lost around US$500 million for fraud perpetrated via Internet banking, by telephone, or through credit card cloning&quot;<p>To put in perspective:<p>&quot;In the U.S. the total annual fraud cost was $20.6 billion in 2012&quot;
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