Fearing a credit card scam, she checked with her bank and online shopping accounts but there was no sign of any suspicious activity.

The world's biggest credit card scam has left millions of customers exposed to fraud.

Of the 30 most popular pirate sites, 27 contained malware and 20 were running credit card scams.

Punters heading for strip joints were told to beware of bank and credit card scams.

This combined total accounted for 36 per cent of financial fraud losses and was the second most common type of payment fraud after debit and credit card scams.