Fraud This Holiday Season Could be Even More Difficult to Detect as Fraud Rings Expand Mule Networks
Fraudsters use money mules for laundering as well as to receive and reship goods purchased with stolen identities. A large mule network...
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Fraud Practice
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
About Social Engineering: A Case Study and How it Relates to Spear Phishing
What is social engineering? Social engineering is a fraud technique used to deceive individuals or businesses into unknowingly providing...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
FTC Focuses on Synthetic Identities as New Account Fraud Continues to Rise
According to recent data and studies, identity fraud and new account fraud continue to plague both banks and consumers, with 80 percent...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Post-EMV eCommerce Fraud Growth Abetted by Data Breaches
According to recent data from Experian, eCommerce fraud was 15 percent higher in the first half of 2016 compared the same period the year...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
CNP Merchants Brace for Increased Fraud Post-EMV
A new study from Vesta and Javelin finds similarities and differences between merchants selling digital goods, physical goods or both...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Merchants Should Already be Planning for Increased Fraud Attempts Post-EMV
According to forecasts from Aite Group nearly all credit cards issued in the U.S. will have EMV capabilities by 2018 when CNP credit card...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
How Manual Review Metrics Vary Across Small and Large Merchants
It can be difficult for merchants to really understand how well they are performing with manual reviews for online fraud management...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Visa Working with Issuers to Expand use of Mobile Geolocating to Verify Card Present Transactions
Visa has partnered with Finsphere, a geospatial analytics company, to provide location information of mobile devices at the time of a...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 5 min
PRESS RELEASE: The Impact of Manual Reviews on Your Customers and Brand
Sarasota, FL, November 6, 2014 / By: David Montague, The Fraud Practice LLC eCommerce merchants face the risk of fraudulent transactions...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Holiday Shoppers More Likely to Use Cash and Avoid Retailers Who Suffered Breaches
The Target data breach was the story of the 2013 holiday season and several other major retailers have failed to prevent the compromise...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Card Fraud Costs Asian Banks $400 Million per Year and is Growing Rapidly
According to estimates from FICO, card fraud in Asia costs financial institutions $400 million each year and is increasing by 20 to 25...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
CNP Fraud on UK Cards Up 23 Percent in First Half of 2014
The latest figures on card fraud losses in the United Kingdom, coming from industry group Financial Fraud Action UK, support the...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
DOJ to Congress: Amend Laws to Help us Prosecute for Overseas Fraud on U.S. Cards
While there have been many successful efforts to bring international fraudsters to justice in U.S. courts, this often requires...
Fraud Practice
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min