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

BioCatch

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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5 most common fraud methods in 2024, according to AIB

Finextra

Smishing’ accounts for 94% of all fraud cases from January to October this year.

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Credit Unions, CUSOs Fighting Fraudsters

PYMNTS

” Phishing, Smishing and the Value of Education . The April Credit Union Tracker® details much of this nefarious activity – a most valuable read on those merits alone – and we learn about “…clone phishing, spear phishing, smishing and other specialized types of phishing.

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6 Types of COVID-19 Scams to Watch Out For

FICO

Smishing is similar to phishing, but is executed through text messages. In one recent example, a criminal impersonated the leader of a UK-based energy firm using voice-generating AI software to convince a chief executive to wire $243K. every month.

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The Big Spike In ‘CEO Fraud’

PYMNTS

Phishing/vishing/smishing/pharming, non-payment/non-delivery, extortion and personal data breaches were among the favored attack patterns last year. All in, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received a total of 467,361 complaints, with reported losses exceeding $3.5

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How Fraudsters Create New Schemes With Social Engineering

PYMNTS

Vishing” and “smishing” are two phishing variants that have become more popular as QSR employees and consumers grow wise to the suspicious emails associated with phishing. These schemes rely on other means of communication: telephone calls for vishing and text messages for smishing.

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European Card Fraud 2020: UK Shrinks Fraud Losses by £46M

FICO

The Norway attacks centre around large-scale phishing and smishing efforts , designed to introduce a scam which ultimately ends in fraudulent Card Not Present (CNP) transactions. Phishing and smishing attacks come almost exclusively from data compromise and result in several point attacks.