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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. While 54 percent of those scams involved wire transfers, more than a third targeted check payments.

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Secret Service Launches Task Force To Fight Cyber Fraud

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financial infrastructure by tracking fraudulent wire transfers, counterfeit checks and combating counterfeit currency,” the release states. Meanwhile, “traditional financial crimes investigators worked to secure and protect the U.S.