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FTC: Millennials Report Losing $71M To eCommerce Fraud In Two Years

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A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. Online shopping fraud reports include complaints about items that are never delivered or are not as they were advertised. The average loss was $600.

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Millennials Impacted By Fraud More Than Older Consumers

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A new report by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has revealed that millennials are 25 percent more likely to report losing money to fraud than consumers ages 40 and over. Online shopping fraud reports include complaints about items that are never delivered or are not as they were advertised. The average loss was $600.

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Trending: Meeting The Millennial Need For AI-Powered Visual Shopping

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Online marketplaces for everything from retail goods to travel services to hospitality need to ensure a quick and easy way for both buyers and sellers to transact with each other— or risk losing both sides to a waiting host of competitors. Fraud remains an ever-present challenge, however, and marketplaces worldwide are deploying new defenses.

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New Data: Consumers Want Banks To Use Location Data To Keep Accounts, Transactions Fraud-Free

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They use their mobile devices for everything from checking the weather to posting on social media to pulling up real-time maps and using them to navigate to new destinations. There are other benefits that the function could provide, however, including more robust fraud protection. The report surveyed 2,141 U.S.

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How fraudsters target different generations

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Financial fraud and cyber attacks aren’t a one-age-fits-all scenario. Community banks can find ways to mitigate age-related fraud through technology, as well as by educating their customers of their particular risks. Reports about fraud losses: Millennials vs. people 40+. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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Are Online Resale Sites Rife With Counterfeits?

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Online Resale. Online resale has become all the rage — even for retailers like Neiman Marcus — from a little bit of everything on OfferUp to fashion-focused Poshmark and high-end The RealReal and 1stdibs. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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Using Online, Social Data To Make ‘Thin Files’ Thick

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Can the data trapped in “Digital Exhaust” – like online and social media data – be used to validate identity and predict fraud? Suppose you could build a model that would help financial institutions of any kind fill in those gaps with online and social data that could make thin files thick without increasing their risk?

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