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Swedish Government and Banker’s Association Announce Plans to Stop Scams

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As I’ve previously blogged , the state of scams in Sweden has been a hot topic in the media over the past few months, not least due to a show on Swedish SVT where an investigative journalist followed a criminal gang who used social engineering to convince elderly people to transfer their savings through a hybrid smishing and vishing campaign.

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Fraud Scams Skyrocket, But People Worry More About Pickpockets

FICO

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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To Stop Scams, It’s Time to Add Sensible Friction to Easy Money

FICO

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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Fraud Scams Skyrocket, But Consumers Are More Concerned About Pickpockets

FICO

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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Know About Phishing Attacks & Safeguard Your Crypto Assets on Coinremitter

CoinRemitter

But they may steal and misuse your sensitive information to execute their intended crypto scam. Smishing and Vishing Smishing (SMS+phishing) is a phishing attack, where attackers trick individuals via text messages and make them click malicious links or download malware into their devices.

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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

PYMNTS

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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Credit Unions, CUSOs Fighting Fraudsters

PYMNTS

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 . The fact that fraudsters use tragedy for their own gain is nothing new, of course.