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Romance scams: Protecting hearts and wallets

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WATCH Takeaway 1 Romance scams are one of the most common forms of fraud schemes seen in the U.S. Takeaway 2 Financial institutions play a crucial role in not only securing their clients' financial assets but also in protecting their emotional well-being from the rising threat of romance scams. with reported losses of a staggering $1.3

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BNY Mellon’s AI Fix For Reducing False-Positives

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owning laptops and 91 percent owning mobile devices, there’s never been greater opportunity for digital fraud. Total losses due to fraud were a staggering $4.2 One of the most insidious forms of fraud is account takeovers (ATOs). Corporations must work to retain their trust, lest they lose customers to more secure competitors.

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Ripple Files Lawsuit Against YouTube For Not Removing Crypto Scams Fast Enough

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Ripple announced on Tuesday (April 21) that it is filing a lawsuit against YouTube , alleging that the popular video platform isn’t doing its due diligence to identify and remove crypto-related scams, according to a company blog post. The scams often impersonate legitimate companies and have fake social media accounts.

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To Fight Fake IDs And Online Fraud, Know Thy Enemy Better

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They are able to use cutting-edge technology, black-market websites and top-level, nimble and well-secured global networks to work their craft. At the least, it won’t get any better — not according to any anti-fraud expert who is worth their rate. million fraud crimes in 2017, Trilli said, and $22.1 In the U.S., there were 16.7

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House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security holds hearing on protecting military servicemembers and veterans from financial scams and fraud

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On July 13, 2022, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing entitled “Protecting Military Servicemembers and Veterans from Financial Scams and Fraud.” Malini Mithal testified that the FTC received over 200,000 reports of military fraud in 2021, totaling over $267 million in losses.

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Pet Scams Rise As Holiday Buyers, At-Home Workers Seek New Pets

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That’s more than double the rate from a year ago, and marks a nearly fivefold increase in this type of fraud since 2017. Common types of fraud involve, unsurprisingly, demands for money from “breeders” before you’ve even seen the pet. According to the BBB, the U.S. million in losses.

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Indian Parliamentary Panel Summons Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Over Users’ Rights

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The Indian parliamentary committee on information technology has asked representatives from Facebook, the messaging app WhatsApp and the photo sharing app Instagram to appear and answer questions about citizens’ rights on social media platforms, according to a report from CNBC. asked Gopalakrishnan S., It is absolutely evil.”.