Fallback Fraud is Falling Fast in 2018
In 2017, Fallback fraud was the fastest growing fraud type for card issuers in the United States. In 2018, Card issuers improved their fraud strategies and monitoring and have been able to curtail this fast growing type of fraud. FallBack Fraud Spiked After Chip Implementation in the US According to Auriemma, card issuers reported that […]
Synthetic Identity Fraud in Cards to Hit $1.2 Billion Soon
Card fraud is getting a boost, thanks to criminals that have shifted their focus from counterfeiting plastics to counterfeiting identities. Aite published analysis that suggest that synthetic identity fraud is growing at a rate of about 20% every year on card portfolios. By 2020 it is expected that card issuers will lose about $1.2 billion […]
Has Auto Loan Fraud Replaced Car Theft In The US?
Thefts of cars have gone on a decades-long decline here in the United States. In 2003, there were more than 433 car thefts per 100,000 people. Today, the number of thefts has dropped to 215. That is a reduction in car thefts by over 50%! FBI Crime Reports for Auto Theft When it comes to car […]
Kids Are Twice As Likely to Be Fraud Victims Than Adults
Here is something to make your bold boil. Toddlers and kids are under attack by fraudsters. About 1 in every 50 kids is subject to becoming victimized by fraudsters in this day and age. Your son, daughter, grandson or granddaughter are the #1 target of these fraudsters because their social security numbers are cleaner and […]
Bad Bots Are Taking Over the World
2018 was the year that Bots went mainstream. According to a new report by Distil Networks, Bot activity accounts for 42% of all internet activity. And what’s worse, is that close to half of that activity is by malicious “bad” bots. Bad Bots are taking over the world. 1 in every 5 hits to […]
6 Reasons Why P2P Fraud is A Big Big Deal
Person to Person Payments (P2P) is blazing hot! It is without a doubt the hottest trend in banking as apps like Venmo and Zelle boast millions of new users monthly. But it also happens to be the hottest fraud trend as well, as cybercriminals and scammers rush in to take advantage of instant payoff as […]
Mortgage Fraud in China Is Out of Control
There is a property binge in China and people are so afraid of missing out on the gold rush that they are lying on their applications. Since 2012, property prices have been on a tear as the economy has improved and the government has offered incentives to help people get into homes. They lowered down […]
Shifting Sands – Fraud Report Reveals Changing Landscape
Idology, an Identity Verification Company, has released their 5th Annual Fraud Report which reveals the shifting landscape of fraud over the past year. Like sand, fraud is always changing, always moving to the path of least resistance. And that was even truer this year as fraudsters escalated the cat and mouse game with more data […]
Study Shows Lenders Have Highest Cost of Fraud
The lending industry has a higher cost of fraud than any other industry; that includes auto lenders, mortgage lenders, digital lenders and bank lenders. In their 2017 True Cost of Fraud study, LexisNexis interviewed 1,196 executives across hundreds of e-commerce merchants, banks and lenders and determined that lenders spent $2.82 in cost, fees, and interest […]
Mortgage Fraud Hits 82 Basis Points of Fraud Loss
CoreLogic released their latest Mortgage Fraud estimate and determined that a whopping 82 basis points of applications contain some indication of fraud. That’s surprising, considering just how diligent mortgage lenders are in verifying and scrutinizing just about every piece of information that a borrower files to get a mortgage. How come borrowers continue to lie […]
ATM Compromises And Debit Card Fraud Are Spiking
EMV is almost fully rolled out here in the US but that doesn’t appear to be helping Debit Cards much – at least at ATM machines. Fico this week reported Compromises of ATMs and point-of-sale (POS) devices in the US rose 21 percent in the first six months of 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. This […]
Card Not Present Fraud Reaches 78% in Australia
The Australian Payments Net reports that online credit card fraud has doubled in the space of just six years. Card not present fraud has soared to over $471 in Australia last year accounting for 78% of the $534 Million that occurred. This is not the first year that online fraud has been on the rise. CNP […]
Scams Fueling Higher Check Fraud Rates For Banks
Check use is declining. Each year, use of checks declines about 5% and last year, that number fell to about 17 billion checks here in the US. By comparison, Americans use their debit cards now about 70 billion times a year – about 4 times as often as they write checks. In fact, Checks are […]
Synthetic Identity Fraud Rate Doubles
A new study by ID Analytics finds that a special form of identity theft called “Synthetic Identity Fraud” has doubled in size since 2011. In a press release today, IDAnalytics announced that since the randomization of social security numbers (SSNs) in 2011, the number of new SSNs appearing on applications within their ID Network more […]
Are CyberAttacks as Harmful as Hurricanes?
In 2012, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes hit the Atlantic coast -Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy caused widespread destruction in both lives and its financial impact. But man made disasters, may cause more damage than natural ones. In a recent press release, Lloyds of London estimated that a global cyber attack could result in losses […]
Top 10 Fraud Scams for 2017 By Losses
The 2016 Internet Crimes Report has just been released and it provides eye-opening analysis of how you might become a victim of fraud. Each year the FBI compiles statistics on all internet crimes reported by Americans and creates the Internet Crimes Report. It is the best indication of how Americans are being conned by crooks, thieves, and […]
UK Fraud Reports Hit Highest Levels Recorded
Fraud is not going down anytime soon. In fact, fraud seems to be increasing year over year across all regions and most fraud types. CIFAS just released their Fraud Report for 2017 which you can find here – CIFAS Fraud 2017 Report. Fraud is up another 1.2%, over an already historic level of fraud reported […]
Auto Loan Fraud – 1 in 5 May Contain Fraud
UBS published a new study which indicates that an astounding 1 in 5 borrowers admitted that their auto loan applications could contain inaccuracies. This spells bad news for lenders that rely on application information to be factual in order to approve loans. In fact, UBS was so concerned that they indicated that “something is going […]
Auto Lending Fraud Loss Trends
Auto lending fraud has been getting more attention recently as losses begin to mount for some lenders. As losses mount, lenders are beginning to look beyond credit risk strategies into fraud strategies which can target high-risk losses such as early payment default which can be caused by misrepresentation on the original application. Known Fraud and […]
Facebook is Putting 33% of British At Risk of Fraud
New research by Equifax has found that 33% of people in the UK put their full name and date of birth on their social media profile page, and fraudsters are able to use that information to connect that information to the address. And why is this important? Well, to put it simply, you only need […]
What The Swift Response to Fraud Tools Can Teach Us
I read some good news this week. Swift announced the launch of a new payment screening service that will help small banks defend against fraud attempts on their network. The service will place a red alert flag on Swift payment messages that contain signals of fraud and out of pattern behavior. The massive $1 Billion fraud […]