Rick Spolofiloto – The Most Useless Fraud Consultant
He’s the hottest thing in fraud management. A rising superstar with dashing good looks, a nice suit, and an impressive educational resume. And he’s headed to your company to save it. His name? Rick Spolofiloto. His game? Fraud Consulting. And he’s ready to kick some serious butt and get your company back in line. I […]
Social Security Employee Nabbed in Fraud Scheme
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Takiyah Gordon Austin, age 46, of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, was charged ina 29-count Indictment on July 20, 2021, wich conducting a scheme to fraudulently obtain unemployment benefits related to COVID-19 emergency relief funds. The case was unsealed on August 12, 2021, following […]
Will This Miracle Blanket Pay off Your Mortgage?
Convicted fraudster, Jim Bakker, is selling a new “Miracle Blanket” that will pay off your mortgage for you. Just put your bill underneath the blanket at night and watch your mortgage and other bills vanish. And, it better do just that because this blanket will set you back $1,000. What do you make of this? […]
US Is Granting States $240M To Fight Fraud
Good news for fraud fighters, and bad news for fraudsters. But is the investment too little, too late? The US is fed up with unemployment fraudsters and acknowledging that states need more money to fight back. This week, the Department of Labor (DOL), launched a program to offer $240 million in grants to states to […]
10 Techs Supercharging Auto Loan Fraud Prevention
The future is here. And it’s digital. We are in the middle of a digital transformation – and it’s all being driven by the demand for speed and convenience. Faster decisions, faster funding. And fast money as we know all too well can always leads to fast fraud if you’re not careful. But the good […]
The Evolution of Scams – A Conversation with Mpower
I had a chance to speak to Ben Wallach, a seasoned fraud executive who has made it his mission to help the next generation of fraud fighters establish and build their careers in the fraud and cybersecurity industry. He started a website called Mpower. The mission of Mpower Your Career is to assist the globe […]
Talking Fraud ROI With Karisse Hendrix
I recently had the chance to visit Karisse Hendrix on her Fraudology Podcast – the best podcast on fraud on the planet. We had a great conversation talking about the struggles fraud executives have creating and selling and ROI internally to their organizations. For those of you that don’t know Karisse, she has worked with […]
How HushPuppi Got Caught – It Started With A Post
This is a great video that shows behind the scene footage of one of the world’s biggest scammers while it tells the story of his arrest. His whole life unraveled when he posted his birthday on Instagram and the FBI was able to determine his real identity.
Auto Loan Fraud is Up Big in Houston
Houston Police Department is reporting a spike in vehicle fraud cases in Houston. Sgt Darren Schloesser, head of the fraud unit says that’s because the crime is so lucrative.
Feds Bust More Nigerians for Unemployment Fraud
Federal agents report that they have broken up an unemployment fraud ring based in Maryland that targeted California and numerous other states with more than $2.6 million in fraudulent claims. A federal criminal complaint obtained by KCRA 3 Investigates said that more than 200 individual unemployment applications were filed with California EDD from one Hyattsville, […]
5 Reasons Why Banks Can’t Ignore Scams Any Longer
What is the difference between a fraud and a scam? To consumers, there is no difference. But to banks, it’s a much different story. Fraud is something banks are liable to reimburse customers for. But scams on the other hand, those are losses the customer bears because the customer got conned and gave out their […]
Con Man Details His $39 Million Mortgage Fraud
Check out this very interesting story about this Con Man’s $39 million mortgage fraud. He was a mortgage broker that committed a massive fraud.
OTP Bots Take Social Engineering To New Level
Robots are powerful and they can be used for good or for bad. When they are good, they are very good. But when they are bad, they can be very bad. Such is the case with new bots that are taking social engineering to a whole new level. They’re called OTP Bots and they are […]
High Flying Fraud Company Riskified Files for IPO
In a year where at least 8 fraud companies achieved Unicorn status, the sky’s the limit. And this week, high flying fraud startup Riskified has filed for an IPO – a relatively rare event among fraud startups. The Israeli company, which was founded in 2013 by Eido Gal and Assaf Feldman was built under the […]
Second Nigerian Charged With Fraud in Washington
A month ago a Nigerian – Abidemi Rufai – was arrested and charged with stealing over 100 identities to steal more than $350,000 in unemployment fraud benefits from Washington State. Yesterday, federal prosecutors arrested and charged another Nigerian citizen with stealing $290,000 in a similar scheme. Officials linked an email address belonging to Chukwuemeka Onyegbula […]
P2P App Complaints Surge 300% As Scams Grow
Consumer complaints about P2P payment apps such as PayPal, Venmo and Square have surged during the last year. In April of 2021, there were 970 digital wallet complaints — almost double the previous monthly high from July 2020. The study which was conducted by Public Interest Research Group [PIRG], examined consumer complaints to the CFPB […]
How To Commit Fraud Like They Did in The 1980’s
Fraud and scamming has gotten so technical and hard these days. But it didn’t used to be that way. In fact, fraud used to be absurdly basic by today’s standards. This weekend I stumbled across a link – a treasure trove of old fraud and scam guides created in the 80’s and early 90’s. You […]
ID.me Fraud Checks in Arizona Dropped Fraud 99%
A recent article by Axios details how effective drivers license verification from ID.me might have been in protecting Arizona state from unemployment fraud claims. In October of 2020, unemployment fraud claims were skyrocketing in the state. 570,400 initial PUA claims were filed in the week ending October 10, 2020. A month later, after hiring ID.me […]
Guerilla Black Details His Credit Card Fraud Empire
At his peak, Compton rapper Guerilla Black was bringing in $40,000 amount in proceeds from the 27,000 credit cards he stole. And he worked globally, stealing from banks in England, Switzerland, Nigeria, Mexico, Italy, Canada, Sweden, France, Australia, Norway, Ireland, Russia, Denmark and Germany. Check out this No Jumper interview where Guerilla Black explains what […]
Apple Is Leading The Way With A New Digital Identity
What Apple does, everyone follows. IOS15 is coming and it offered up some huge news on the digital identity front. Today, Apple announced that the company will soon add digital driver’s licenses to the Apple Wallet. And newly granted patents indicate that Apple is well on their way to become the standard in Digital Identity. […]
Learn How A Love For Rapping Destroyed Fraud Ring
Rappers, Social Media and money laundering. This story has it all and is a great expose into the new world of cyber fraud and bitcoin to facilitate money laundering. It’s also a glimpse into the a fraud network that spanned many countries and utilized hundreds of people to hack into victims bank accounts and then […]