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Don’t let love blind you from Romance Scams

Qudos Bank

Case Study: The effects of a romance scam For a real-life case study, please visit the National Anti-Scam Centre website: Scamwatch for details on how a scammer left a victim broke after connecting via Facebook. You are asked to pay a deposit or overseas taxes or duty prior to being able to make a withdrawal.

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Don’t let love blind you from Romance Scams

Qudos Bank

Case Study: The effects of a romance scam For a real-life case study, please visit the National Anti-Scam Centre website: Scamwatch for details on how a scammer left a victim broke after connecting via Facebook. You are asked to pay a deposit or overseas taxes or duty prior to being able to make a withdrawal.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Some companies just push their luck a little too far. Total Funding: $1.1B.

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AutoGPT Will Change Your Bank

South State Correspondent

So, like any new bank marketer, it composed a fairly interesting email (below) using the subject line “Secure Your Healthcare Future: Boost Your Health Savings Account Contribution.” The application changed the subject line again to “Take Advantage of Tax-Free Savings: Increase Your Health Savings Account Contribution.”

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. Unfortunately, most banks don’t gather fraud data across payment channels or track “pre-crime events.”

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FinCEN’s AML/CFT Priorities: A risk assessment perspective

Abrigo

Financial institutions can mitigate these risks with strong information security protocols, including clear policies and cybercrime education training for every employee. A coordinated approach between the institution’s risk and information security departments is essential to an effective cybercrime prevention program.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

Note: Less than a month after the closure announcement, Vasupal was arrested for fraud in a bizarre case involving Stayzilla business dealings. The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by the Australian Securities Exchange last year.

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