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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

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As for the areas where scammers managed the biggest hits, business email compromise (BEC), confidence/romance fraud and spoofing were the top three types of crime in terms of monetary losses. By comparison, phishing scams usually bring in between $300 – $500, while ransomware attacks cost around $4,400.

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Crypto Fraud Scores More Than $4B In 2019

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In 2017 and 2018, by comparison, the various schemes and fraudulent activity was $3 billion combined. Perpetrators of fraud and Ponzi schemes use that naivete against them, according to experts like Christopher Janczewski, a special agent at the Internal Revenue Service, who has worked with crypto-fraud cases.

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Why AI Is MIA In Most FI Fraud Departments

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In the old days, forged checks were the biggest problems that bank fraud departments had to manage. It is no wonder that fraud prevention is one of the problem areas that FIs hope artificial intelligence (AI) can help resolve. Yet, few FIs leverage this technology in their anti-fraud efforts — only 5.5 In comparison, only 28.4

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Biometrics Changes Tempt eCommerce Companies As Fraud Defense

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As the digital shift continues to keep pace with post-coronavirus shopping behaviors, eCommerce fraud is growing with it. In fact, 22 percent of respondents in a recent TransUnion survey claimed they had “been targeted by digital fraud related to COVID-19.” The company’s technology tracks user behavior to determine fraud.

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When Fraud Risk Is Credit Risk In Disguise

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Here’s a test: What’s fraud? Those questions also speak to the seemingly impossible tension in the world of payments and new card accounts: how to onboard and authenticate consumers as quickly and seamlessly as possible, while also protecting them and the institution from fraud. Fraud Getting Worse. Bad Timing.

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Can Digital Platforms Solve The Fraud vs. Friction Dilemma?

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These platforms promise fast, seamless transactions, which most deliver – but when platforms focus on reducing friction for users, it can backfire and create new vulnerabilities to fraud. An unexpected consequence of the retailer race to offer same-day and one-day delivery is increased fraud exposure. Nearly one-third (30.4

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Sharing Platforms Fight Fraud, Make Friends

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Platforms are doubling down on security in the wake of embarrassing data breaches and steady consumer fraud complaints, but it’s a fluid situation. The happier story, by comparison, is payments. But it shows that vulnerabilities exist and will always be exploited by sleepless cybercrooks.

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