Understanding Nigerian scams: romance scams, 419 scams, and more. Nigerian scams, while centered in one tiny corner of the world, manage to make themselves felt worldwide. Last year, victims lost more than 12.7 billion dollars to Nigerian scams alone. That...
The insidious threat of Authorised Push Payment Fraud. In an era where digital transactions have become the norm, a new form of financial crime is on the rise – a scam type called Authorised Push Payment fraud (APP). This type of sophisticated scam has left...
A Message to Bank and Financial Institution Fraud and AML Investigation Teams: In the face of rising Business Email Compromise ( BEC scams ), it’s time to reassess how we guide victims. Traditionally, financial institutions have directed customers to report...
When A.I. and Crypto Fraud meet. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and cryptocurrency are two groundbreaking technologies that have captured the world’s attention. While both offer incredible potential for innovation, their intersection has given rise to a new...
The scale of investment scams worldwide blows the mind, and the challenge of staying safe and fighting back is getting more difficult by the day. One of the best ways to improve your resistance to investment scams, and to keep those around you safe, is to become more...
Smear campaigns are often malicious, brutal, and entirely unjust toward the target. The person you are dealing with might be a sociopath. Sociopaths have no heart, no conscience and no remorse. And while your first response may be to defend yourself, this approach is...
