Growing up the son of a New York City corner store owner. I have plenty of memories of my father chasing thieves through alleys and city streets. The thefts were all annoying, of course, but they were always petty. School children would steal candy after classes and poor and homeless folk would pocket bread and canned foods. The thefts indeed had an impact on the business, but of very little significance. I decided to take on my families’ entrepreneurial spirit when I set up my own online electronic vending business. I quickly learned, however, that thieves operate on the Internet and are a lot more harmful than those that I encountered as a child. I lost several thousands of dollars in my first few months of business to an illegitimate charge back, and was forced to pay the costs out of my own pocket. It was obviouse that if the trend were allowed to continue, my Internet business would fail real soon. I called Telesign, and was extremely happy to learn that their telephone number verification was affordable, could solve problems posed by charge backs, and did not require any re structuring of my website. I have since included telephone number verification by TeleSign as part of my website and found it to be a crucial and significant security layer that detects fraudulent orders. I recommend Telesign’s security solutions to anyone with a business operating on the Internet.