The Fintech Times

AUGUST 11, 2024

This increase reflects the platform’s intensified security efforts to combat external hacks and scams. Approximately 80 per cent of these recoveries are linked to hacks, exploits and thefts that occurred outside the Binance platform, with the remaining 20 per cent involving external scams.

Scams 112

Scams Monetary Loss Cryptocurrency Blockchain 112

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Fraudsters are adding new twists to what has become an increasingly common scam targeting businesses’ B2B payments activity. Separate analysis from Singapore warned that monetary losses associated with BEC scams that specifically instruct targeted employees to send gift card redemption details are on the rise, too.

Business Email Compromise 71

Business Email Compromise Scams Ransomware Real Time Payments 71

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 2, 2024

In 2023, Authorised Push Payment (APP) scams totalled just shy of £341million in the UK, with new research highlighting that reimbursement varies significantly depending on who consumers bank with. In the same year, victims reported 252,626 cases of APP scams – but not all reports resulted in refunds from their banks.

Scams 64

Scams Romance Scams CRM Monetary Loss 64

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

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.

Business Email Compromise 101

Business Email Compromise FBI Email Compromise Scams 101

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

More than $134 million was lost to such scams in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), while $117 million was lost to them during the first half of 2020 alone. Such schemes entail fraudsters falsely advertising offers from restaurants on social media, then duping victims into paying for them and absconding with the funds.

Bots 124

Bots Federal Trade Commission Monetary Loss AI 124

FICO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It was a strong year for many European countries in reducing basis point fraud losses (a ratio of fraud losses to card sales), against the backdrop of increased transactional volume and value in 2019. The biggest threat today comes from digital fraud and scams, which continue to increase exponentially across all markets.

Monetary Loss 52

Monetary Loss Compromise Deposit Account Volume 52

Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Financial crime can take on several faces, including (cyber) fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and money laundering—and companies offering financial services can lose out on serious bucks. white-collar crime can cost annual losses as high as $300 billion. In the U.S., trillion a year.

Due Diligence 88

Due Diligence Money Laundering AML Financial Crimes 88