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InternetNews
March 23, 2006
Roy Mark |
Nigerian E-mail Scam Artists Indicted Dutch authorities are holding the three men pending extradition to the United States for a spam-delivered advance fee scheme that promised large returns for fronting legal costs of a charitable effort.   |
InternetNews
March 31, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
Internet Crime Complaints Soared 33% in 2008 Driven by problems with e-commerce transactions and fraud, complaints skyrocketed last year. |
InternetNews
September 2, 2005
Jim Wagner |
Suckers For Spam Despite more awareness of the problem, people are still getting lured into Internet fraud. |
InternetNews
October 30, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Yahoo, Microsoft Ally to Tackle Lottery Scams With the threat of online scams rising as economic woes worsen, Yahoo and Microsoft look to clamp down on e-mail lottery hoaxes. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Investment Advice for Deposed Despots Email scams from fake foreign officials are still a potent Internet problem. Here are some tips to help you avoid being a victim of these Nigerian 4-1-9 scams. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 11, 2010
Matt Gunn |
World Cup Brings Increased Risk of Fraud With thousands of fans traveling to South Africa for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which goes today through July 11, comes potential for increased risk in credit card fraud. |
InternetNews
March 4, 2009
Alex Goldman |
FTC Warns of Stimulus Scams Online Fraudsters take to the Web, enticing victims with a share of the U.S.'s massive stimulus package. |
Bank Technology News
March 1, 2008
Glen Fest |
Thwarted On-Line, Crime Looks to Past A new identity theft report survey finds a continuing overall decline in fraud numbers and victims, but unfortunately a rapidly rising number of "vishing" and other hands-on alternatives to catching consumers off guard. |
Bank Technology News
September 2010
Tom Leuchtner |
Patrolling the Neighborhood Cyber criminals are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to perpetrate financial crimes. |
InternetNews
October 8, 2009 |
FBI Holds Its Own Phish Phry Fed crackdown nets the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cyber crime scam. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 2, 2005
Phil Britt |
Keeping Up With Fraudsters As fraud schemes become more sophisticated, banks need to examine a wider array of data to identify fraud trends. That means investing in more sophisticated technology systems, adding personnel and employing additional fraud-fighting processes. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 2, 2005
Phil Britt |
Fighting the New Face of Fraud Technology plays a critical role in banking fraud, both in creating new opportunities for fraud and offering new methods to defend against it. Financial services institutions must take a holistic approach to combating fraud. |
AskMen.com
Bernie Alexander |
Cyber Crime: The Wild West, Online Forget about breaking and entering, aggravated assault and armed robbery. Cyber crime is taking over. |
The Motley Fool
March 27, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Lock Your Digital Door Computer users logged more than 270,000 cases of potential Internet-based fraud during 2006, resulting in $198.4 million in losses. Digital thieves, like the real kind, have just one interest: separating you from your money. Don't let them. |
U.S. Banker
March 2008
Glen Fest |
ID Theft: Thwarted Online, Fraud Goes Low-Tech Again More criminal enterprises are shifting toward off-fashioned "vishing" methods and other inexpensive alternatives to catching unwitting consumers off guard. |
PC Magazine
May 16, 2007 |
Who Gets Hit Most by Online Fraud? Protect yourself now! Find out where and how most online fraud originates. |
InternetNews
January 23, 2004
Ryan Naraine |
FTC: Online Fraud Losses Hit $437M Using stolen identities, fake Internet auctions and fraudulent shop-at-home schemes, online swindlers robbed Americans of a whopping $437.5 million in 2003. |
U.S. Banker
April 2011 |
Noted & Noteworthy A recently released survey from electronic-payments firm ACI Worldwide found that nearly one-third of consumers say they were victims of credit or debit card fraud in 2010. |
Salon.com
August 7, 2001
Douglas Cruickshank |
I crave your distinguished indulgence (and all your cash) In which the hapless author falls under the syntactically challenged spell of the legendary Nigerian e-mail scam... |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 10, 2010
Penny Crosman |
ID Fraud Grew 12% in 2009, But Wells Fargo's Fraud Losses Are Down Javelin Research's latest fraud survey finds identity fraud continues to rise, but losses are down at some banks due to fraud detection technology improvements. |
Fast Company
March 2000
Rekha Balu |
Cyber Crime Report from the Futurist |
Bank Technology News
February 2007
Holly Sraeel |
ID Theft Needs Little Fuel to Fan The Flames. Or Does It? With financial crime -- particularly cybercrime -- becoming more sophisticated among for-profit criminals, some industry observers argue that ID fraud is rising, and that many victims are still unaware of it. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 24, 2007
Nancy Feig |
International Fraud Could Be Slowed By Data Sharing, Study Shows First Data study reveals that data sharing could be the key to stopping cross-border bank fraud. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 5, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Fraud Techniques Evolve in Parallel with Bank Products and Defenses As fraudsters' techniques evolve alongside the products and services offered by financial institutions, new steps must be introduced to stop them. |
Fast Company
January 2003
Linda Tischler |
Master of Deception Police veteran Dennis Marlock has written the book on scams, cons, and frauds, which makes him an expert witness to what's gone wrong in the executive suites of corporate America. Does everyone lie? Aren't we too smart to get conned? Some honest talk about dishonest business. |
IndustryWeek
January 20, 2010
Jill Jusko |
Not a Financial Exec? It's not only financial executives who could benefit from an awareness of fraud risks in their organizations. |
PC Magazine
November 16, 2004
Dennis Fisher |
The Lookout: Phishers Spoof FDIC Site A phishing scam that appeared in late September claiming to help protect consumers against debit-card fraud and identity theft has experts worried about the increasing skill and creativity of online scammers. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 18, 2008
Cory Levine |
Identity Fraud on the Decline Despite the hype, identity fraud is on the decline, according to a new survey. But as fraudsters return to traditional channels, such as phone lines, to steal the trusting public's personal information, few financial institutions have implemented multifactor authentication for telephone banking. |
Bank Technology News
February 2007
Glen Fest |
Identity Fraud: ID Theft Victims, Losses Take Welcome Nosedive New account vulnerabilities are toughened, but 'vishing,' limited alerts practices, and consumers' misguided personal trust in acquaintances still leave the doors wide open. |
Bank Technology News
October 2004
Holly Sraeel |
Fraud is Rising, But Victims, Banks are Fighting It Talk about fraud in banking circles and one will inevitably hit a nerve. |
CFO
January 1, 2005 |
Ten Questions for Barry Minkow An interview with the current head of the Fraud Discovery Institute who also served more than seven years in prison for the infamous ZZZZ Best scam. This month his new book, Cleaning Up, debuts. |
Managed Care
April 2005 |
Persistence Key In Blues Battle Against Fraud The health insurer's latest salvo against alleged medical crookedness was splashed across headlines around the country last month when news broke about the notorious rent-a-patient scam. |
The Motley Fool
July 2, 2004
Rich Smith |
Phishing in the Fund Pond Online scammers begin to target mutual fund investors. |
Reason
October 2005
Ronald Bailey |
Data: Aiding and Indebting Despite the push to give to sub-Saharan African economies, evidence that aid boosts economic development is hard to come by. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 17, 2010
Penny Crosman |
Feds Have Arrested 485 for Mortgage Fraud 1,215 mortgage fraud cases are being investigated nationwide, responsible for $2.3 billion in losses. |
PC World
December 2004
Bob Tedeschi |
Protect Your Identity Phishers and other online thieves are targeting your money and personal data--and they're getting sneakier. Here's how to defend yourself, and how to erase the damage if you get scammed. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 17, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Obama Orders Creation of Financial Fraud Task Force The Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, an interagency initiative, will rely on the coordinated efforts of each member to prevent another financial crisis. The new task force replaces the Corporate Fraud Task Force. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 13, 2010
Matt Gunn |
ID Theft, Card Fraud Top Consumer Concerns, Unisys Survey Finds Banks need to go beyond "traditional" fraud prevention efforts, report authors find. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Berner & Carter |
Swiping Back At Credit-Card Fraud Bogus transactions are falling overall, but e-tailers are still feeling the pain. E-tail credit-card fraud is triple the rate of the brick-and-mortar world. |
BusinessWeek
October 11, 2004
Stanley Reed |
Why Nigeria Will Rock Oil Markets Again Continued threats to the oil supply in Nigeria are bound to occur, given the fractious state of regional politics in that huge African country. |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 24, 2006
Nancy Feig |
BITS Releases Insider Fraud Database BITS, a nonprofit consortium of 100 of the largest U.S. financial institutions, released its own insider fraud prevention service, which consists of a list of former financial institution employees who have compromised consumer information and/or knowingly caused financial losses. |
CFO
Joseph McCafferty |
Laundry Time Prosecutors are applying money laundering laws to the recent crop of financial scandals. |
Entrepreneur
January 2002
Gwen Moran |
Green Eggs & Scam Small businesses that may not have protective procedures are popular targets for fraud. A description of 17 business scams--from telephone trickery to Web wrongdoing--to avoid at all costs. |
Popular Mechanics
February 13, 2009
Joe Pappalardo |
The International: Hollywood Fact vs. Fiction Movie The International features bankers as villains, but do their evil schemes make any sense? |
Bank Systems & Technology
August 27, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Evolving Fraud Schemes Keep Pressure on Evolving Payments Instruments While some of the latest schemes borrow from scams past, today's fraud schemes are as sophisticated as banks' most advanced payments systems. And stopping them is still a challenge. |
PC Magazine
April 1, 2011
John C. Dvorak |
DIY: The Nigerian Scam E-Mail Nigeria is where the e-mail scam not only originated, but still flourishes, some say under government approval. Apparently the scam does indeed net millions of dollars every year. |
Finance & Development
December 2011 |
Africa: Changing the Narrative Enduring poverty and conflict are so stark in Africa that it is sometimes difficult to see what else is happening ion the economy. |
Finance & Development
March 2010
Monroe et al. |
Perils of Ponzis Regulators need to stop Ponzi schemes before they gain momentum, especially in developing countries. |
BusinessWeek
April 17, 2006
Brian Grow |
The Mind Games Cybercrooks Play Hackers are exploiting psychological vulnerabilities to gain access to your data. |
PC World
March 2003
Anne Kandra |
Net Tricks That Muddy Your Reputation Online bad guys can send spam under your name or steal your financial data. |
