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Elder fraud: Preventing elder financial exploitation at your institution

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Elder fraud prevention and education Learn strategies for recognizing and reporting elder fraud and exploitation. Takeaway 1 Elder abuse, exploitation and fraud continue to rise as the baby boomer generation ages. Takeaway 3 Education and reporting are key to preventing this type of fraud, so know your state's policies.

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FinCEN’s check fraud alert: Ten red flags you should know

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Ten red flags to help you identify check fraud A financial institution's guide to identifying mail-related check fraud. You might also like this webinar, "Proactive measures to protect against check fraud and fraud loss." Losses from check fraud total $18 billion annually, representing more than a million checks daily.

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The fraud triangle: What it is and how to apply it to your customers

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Use the fraud triangle to prevent fraud at your institution The concept of the fraud triangle is frequently used in business, accounting, and criminology. Takeaway 1 The fraud triangle concept describes three factors that, when combined, incentivize a person to commit fraud. The FTC received fraud reports from 2.4

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Smishing: Text messaging fraud and how to avoid it

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You might also like this webinar, "Proactive measures to protect against check fraud and fraud loss." REGISTER now Takeaway 1 Phishing is not a new fraud trend, but the rise of smartphones means text messaging fraud is becoming more common. billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the prior year.

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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. BEC fraud does not respect seniority, and it pays exceedingly well.”. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019.

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Prevention is the Key to Stopping Elder Financial Exploitation & Fraud

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Elder fraud prevention and education Learn strategies for recognizing and reporting elder fraud and exploitation. . Takeaway 1 Elder abuse, exploitation and fraud continue to rise as the baby boomer generation ages. Takeaway 3 Education and reporting are key to preventing this type of fraud, so know your state's policies. .

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How Mastercard Uses AI To Fight Fraud And Make Better Credit Decisions

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He and Nitendra Rajput , Mastercard’s vice president of product development and head of the company’s “AI Garage,” said that in many cases, AI is the only way to scale up sufficiently to meet the challenges the company faces with fraud and other business issues. “It Fighting Fraud in a Post-Pandemic World.

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