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Tax Season Adds Extra Fraud Weight For SMBs

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Tax season is upon U.S. In a new report from ProofPoint , researchers warned that any businesses with the word “tax” in its domain is at risk of being spoofed by phishing attackers targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The construction industry targeting, in particular, is a reminder that no one sector is immune.”.

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Understanding 1st-party fraud: Risks and resolutions

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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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Healthcare Looks To AI For Fraud Cure

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Despite near universal agreement that AI holds the key to decoding numerous medical mysteries, at present one of its most valuable uses is fighting fraud, waste and abuse — FWA in the industry parlance — which threatens to worsen in the near term due to coronavirus-related cybercrime. Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA).

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FTC Warns Taxpayers About Stimulus Fraud

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As in the first distribution of $1,200 checks in the spring, most people will get money direct deposited, or via a debit card or check will be mailed to the address where your taxes were filed. losses from COVID-19 fraud have reached nearly $100 million since the pandemic emerged in March.

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Thailand Govt Eyes Blockchain To Track Taxes

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As the saying goes, nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. To be certain of taxes, will blockchain seal the deal? Last week, Thailand’s Revenue Department was reported to be bringing blockchain projects into the fold to track tax payments, aided by machine learning.

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Data Breaches, Tax Season Fueling Prepaid Card Fraud

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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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Deep Dive: How FinTechs, FIs Can Arm Up Against Fraud

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FIs and FinTechs increasingly encounter new forms of fraud as they expand their digital operations, making it all the more important that they have strong risk assessment and compliance systems in place. A team of analysts can only handle so many potential fraud cases at a time, after all. . resources.

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