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Gift Card Ponzi Scheme
A South Carolina woman was sentenced to three years behind bars after running a Ponzi scheme where she bought and resold gift cards at a...

David Montague
Nov 1, 20211 min read


Counterfeit Card Ring Resold Gasoline
For several years now fraudsters have been obtaining credit card numbers by hiding skimmers in gas pumps, but a fraud ring from Central...

David Montague
Nov 1, 20211 min read


Only Use Your ATM PIN at the ATM or You’ll Pay the Price
Red Bank, Sept. 1, 2008 /The FraudBlog Newsletter/ - Every time I speak publicly, or when I tell people what I do for a living, I get...

David Montague
Nov 1, 20211 min read


PRESS RELEASE: WHEN THE FRAUDSTER IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST
Red Bank, Aug. 15, 2008 /The FraudBlog Newsletter/ - The number of articles related to internal fraud have been rising considerably over...

David Montague
Nov 1, 20213 min read


Mobile Wallets Responsible for The Rise in Friendly Fraud
Merchants are less likely to dispute chargebacks on transactions originating from mobile wallets and significantly less likely to win...

David Montague
Sep 28, 20211 min read


The Cost of Friction Versus Security with New SCA Mandates
In Europe, digital retail payments were to become more secure and less susceptible to fraud with the introduction of SCA. Yet a new...

David Montague
Sep 17, 20212 min read


Fraudsters Raised the bar in 2020 Increasing the Average Fraud Purchase Value to Over $700
The average order value during the Black Friday weekend was up 64 percent year-over-year, but during the entire months of October and...

David Montague
Sep 17, 20211 min read


eCommerce Growth Brought in by COVID-19 Brought Added Pressures to Merchant Fraud Strategies
False positives were already a pain point for merchants but exacerbated by the pandemic. It is estimated that $146 billion worth of CNP...

David Montague
Sep 17, 20211 min read
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