From the report, “Forter and PYMNTS.com have partnered to track, analyze and report on important fraud trends in the world of payments and online commerce. Every quarter, we monitor fraud attempts on U.S. merchant websites to give you the latest insights on what’s going on. (Note: For each of the Indexes in 2016, we’re using 2015’s fraud rates as a benchmark.) Our take-home this quarter: Fraud rates are climbing. They climbed last quarter and are still climbing this quarter. In fact, overall fraud rates have increased by 14 percent from last quarter to this quarter. To find out how fraudsters are doing it and what methods they favor, keep reading.” Read on to find out more.