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Business Email Scams Spin Even Wider Webs

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While the continued strength of BEC scammers may not come as a surprise, the research finds that the scam no longer only reigns in targets with a request for wire transfer. Fraud tactics continue to evolve to more sophisticated levels. For the vast majority of firms, the cost of fraud costs only half of a percent of total revenue.

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Authentication Creates Opportunity To Solve FIs' $1 Trillion Fraud Problem

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So, it might start with a counterfeit check, but it comes from social engineering from social media,” she offered as an example. As Boyer told Webster: “The challenge we have now is that we will never be able to stop fighting old fraud — and we’ll have to continue to keep fighting new fraud.”.