PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

They poke and prod, looking for various weaknesses to be exploited on online platforms, in company emails (as in Business Email Compromise, or BEC), through text messages and even the old-fashioned phone call that induces a victim to hurry online and send some money. He had access to both the internet and to his phone.

Scams 87

Scams Checks Romance Scams Email Compromise 87

FICO

APRIL 29, 2022

All these evolutions mean a changing landscape for retail fraud and scam trends. The New York Times recently ran a home page story on how criminals have concocted elaborate scams – complete with authentic ‘hold’ music – to impersonate bank customer service reps, tricking consumers into sending them money via Zelle.

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Retail Payments Zelle Romance Scams Consumer 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The fraud firm uses “physical checks to cash out money pilfered through business email compromise (BEC) attacks,” and it is “spread around multiple countries in Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya,” a press release said. .

Romance Scams 56

Romance Scams Email Compromise Business Email Compromise Phishing 56

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The Cost of Love: Broken hearts club: Consumers report losing more than $200 million to romance scams last year, as estimated by the FTC. B2B Targeted: The FBI reports that Business email compromise (BEC) scams are on the rise. That’s up 40 percent over 2018.

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Business Email Compromise Cross-Border Romance Scams FTC 52