10 Ways to Enlist an Army To Help You Fight Fraud

Cheats, scammers, and liars.  Fraudsters are all of those things.  And they are defrauding consumers at record levels.    2021 is going to be a record year for fraud – particularly against consumers. Thanks to epically horrible data breaches, heightened fraud perpetrated by scammers during the pandemic and high rates of identity theft – no […]

This Fraudster Opened 8,000 Accounts, Made Millions!

Forty-six year old Kenneth Gilbert Gibson of Reno Nevada opened 8,000 fraudulent accounts in a scam for the ages. His accounts included fraudulently opened PayPal credit accounts, bank accounts, and prepaid credit and debit card accounts he created with stolen identities. After opening the 8,000 accounts, he used the accounts to transfer, $3.5 million to himself […]

5 Reasons Machine Learning Won’t Eliminate Fraud Analyst

Computing power is doubling every two years.  As computers become increasingly powerful, we are finally able to capitalize on the enormous power of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Self-driving cars,  stores without cashiers where you simply walk out with your merchandise and have your card charged automatically, the ability to ask SIRI anything and get an immediate and […]

PinDrop Reports Big Increase in Phone Fraud

Social engineering is on the rise because fraudsters have found the weakest link in the security chain – the call center operator. According to the 2016 Call Center Fraud Report, fraudulent calls spiked 45%  in the last 3 years and now 1 in every 2000 calls into call centers is by a fraudster trying to […]