FICO

JULY 7, 2020

COVID-19 scams are on the rise. In a recent webinar I hosted, we learned that 31% of participants had received a communication that looks like a COVID-19 scam in the past 30 days. Vishing is like phishing, but over the phone. Smishing is similar to phishing, but is executed through text messages. every month.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

That threat is fraud scams – tactics and techniques that fraudsters are using to trick people into giving away their money. The financial impact of scams is staggering indeed: in the UK alone, authorised push payment (APP) scams accounted for £479 million in gross losses in 2020. Fortunately, it’s not all gloom and doom.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

But attack vectors and sheer COVID-induced mayhem are ideal conditions for cybertheft, and CUs are in the crosshairs of several familiar scams that have rapidly spread, much like COVID itself. ” Phishing, Smishing and the Value of Education . Analyze and Strategize.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As for the scams themselves, those varied widely both in terms of tactics and targets. Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. And while the BEC is not the most common form scam, it is a lucrative one.

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CoinRemitter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

What is a phishing attack? The cyber phishing attack is intended to trick individuals into submitting/giving up sensitive information (such as private keys, passwords, etc.). But they may steal and misuse your sensitive information to execute their intended crypto scam.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

That threat is fraud scams – tactics and techniques that fraudsters are using to trick people into giving away their money. The financial impact of scams is staggering indeed: in the UK alone, authorised push payment (APP) scams accounted for £479 million in gross losses in 2020. Fortunately, it’s not all gloom and doom.

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FICO

JUNE 15, 2023

Home Blog Feed test To Stop Scams, It’s Time to Add Sensible Friction to Easy Money The convenience and speed of real-time payments makes it easy for fraudsters to scam individuals. Fraudsters love this change and have been scamming consumers and businesses at full speed with all sorts of sneaky, dirty tricks.

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