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Tax ID Fraud is Taxing on Financial Institutions

Abrigo

Understanding tax ID fraud FinCrime professionals looking to prevent tax ID fraud, first need to understand the fundamentals of what is happening and their best recourse for prevention. Takeaway 1 Fraudsters file illegitimate tax returns early, hoping people wait to submit their legitimate ones.

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Understanding 1st-party fraud: Risks and resolutions

Abrigo

How financial institutions can prevent losses from 1st-party fraud Learn strong approaches to identifying, preventing, and detecting 1st-party fraud that will keep your AML program on top of fraud trends. Takeaway 3 Prevention and detection best practices can curb hard dollar 1st-party fraud losses while protecting clients.

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Hacker Tracker: The Evolving Threat Of Tax Fraud

PYMNTS

Earlier this year, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reported that there was a reduction in the number of fraudulent tax returns identified between 2013 and 2015. What’s Next In Tax Fraud. As of February, the number of mentions in 2017 so far was already over 40 percent of the 2016 total.

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Data Breaches, Tax Season Fueling Prepaid Card Fraud

Payments Source

Fallout from widespread data breaches hurts many payment industry sectors, but this year's tax-filing season brings fresh pain for the prepaid card industry, with new details out connecting prepaid cards with some of last year's biggest tax refund fraud busts.

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Some Fraudsters Go Low-Tech To Grab Credit Card, Personal Data

PYMNTS

As we noted in the recent Digital Banking Tracker, the CNP fraud has taken a leg down in favor of fraud that looks to snag credit card numbers. They took the details and applied for credit cards. Check Fraud, Too. She also submitted a false tax return in 2016, omitting those funds as income.

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5 Ways to Protect Yourself Against Tax Refund Fraud

FICO

This year the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will start accepting 2020 tax returns on February 12 , about two weeks later than usual. That’s positive news—because you definitely want to file your tax return as soon as possible, particularly if you’re claiming a refund. How do fraudsters commit tax refund fraud?

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Italian Shoppers Embrace New Cash-Back Program For Credit Card Payments

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Italian consumers are embracing a new government program aimed at boosting retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that allows buyers to receive a 10% refund on card payments made in stores. By offering the incentive, they hope to cut down on black market deals and fraud, according to The Financial Times.

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