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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Federal Trade Commission found at least 184,000 instances of pandemic-related fraud as of Aug. As PYMNTS’ Preventing Financial Crimes Playbook recently noted, the U.S. 31, costing victims more than $124 million. The Dark Web Likes Bitcoin, Too .
FICO
AUGUST 12, 2019
In part, this is due to a change made in 2011 by the U.S. Children’s identities are a perfect target because a SSN is required by the IRS for parents to claim their newborns as dependents. Now, rather than combing through public death records to capture SSNs, criminals are targeting those of the youngest Americans.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 22, 2018
In yet another addition to the “why we can’t have nice things” files, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report this week indicated that fraudsters love gifts cards to the extent that many are requesting them as a form of payment these days. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans.
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