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Fraudsters Try New Spins On The BEC Scam

PYMNTS

The Business Email Compromise (BEC) continues to evolve. Fraudsters are adding new twists to what has become an increasingly common scam targeting businesses’ B2B payments activity. BEC is not the only cyberattack causing corporate losses, however, as ransomware threats continue to ramp up as well.

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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

PYMNTS

All in, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a total of 467,361 complaints, with reported losses exceeding $3.5 As for the scams themselves, those varied widely both in terms of tactics and targets. billion (or slightly over half) of all losses tracked in 2019.

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European Card Fraud — How the UK Drove Down Losses 8%

FICO

Whilst data compromises drove up card fraud in the UK in 2018, they were not at the same scale and ferocity as 2019. UK banks continued to strengthen and improve their systems, taking the learnings from the 2018 spikes to better control future compromises, and take the next steps forward to further improve Card Not Present (CNP) protection.

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European Card Fraud 2020: UK Shrinks Fraud Losses by £46M

FICO

FICO’s European Fraud Map for 2020, based on data from Euromonitor International , shows that the UK achieved the greatest fall in card fraud monetary losses among the 18 countries studied, dropping 7 percent and £46 million year-on-year. However, other nations did not fare as well. Source: FICO European Fraud Map. .