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Why AI Is Social Media Fraud’s New Best Friend

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It can be difficult these days to remember the almost idyllic promise of social media when it first entered the general consumer consciousness. That’s not to tempt one into nostalgia, or to suggest that social media has become marred beyond recognition. Fraud Increases. Digital Evolution. trillion in 2018.

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Deep Dive: How Biometrics Help Telecommunication Companies Fight Onboarding Challenges, SIM Swap Fraud

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This overwhelming reliance on smartphones has generated record profits for major telecommunications companies, including AT&T , Sprint and Verizon , with the industry generating $610 billion in revenue in 2019. Customers still face potential fraud threats once they are signed up, with SIM swap fraud being a particularly common foe.

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Fraud Decisioning Adapts To Shifting Conditions

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Advances in fraud decisioning have cybercrooks scrambling into the new arcana of synthetic identities and fiendish mass bot attacks, looking for any possible opening to exploit. Some industries are more prone than others, as we discovered in the latest Fraud Decisioning Playbook , a PYMNTS and Simility collaboration.

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How fraudsters target different generations

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Financial fraud and cyber attacks aren’t a one-age-fits-all scenario. Community banks can find ways to mitigate age-related fraud through technology, as well as by educating their customers of their particular risks. Reports about fraud losses: Millennials vs. people 40+. Source: Federal Trade Commission, 2019.

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Report: Helping Online Merchants Comply With The Middle East’s New Payments Regs

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Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to square away increasing consumer use of online channels with their privacy and banking standards. The country’s Data Protection Law was announced in 2019 and officially came into effect in July 2020. For more on these and other stories, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends.

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Pet Scams Rise As Holiday Buyers, At-Home Workers Seek New Pets

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That’s more than double the rate from a year ago, and marks a nearly fivefold increase in this type of fraud since 2017. People currently shopping for pets online are prime targets for fraudsters trolling the internet looking for want-to-be pet owners. Corey, BBB St. Louis president and CEO. Not Just Puppies. Paying For Pups.

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Stopping Fraudsters From Taking The Travel Industry For An $11B Ride

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Fraud attacks’ frequency and complexity will likely continue to rise despite merchants’ best efforts to prevent them. The Latest Fraud Decisioning Developments. The United Kingdom’s RELX , an information and analytics firm, has meanwhile purchased fraud prevention firm Emailage to boost its own anti-fraud efforts.

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