Scam Advice

Yima

The Internet is a wonderful, revolutionary resource for every area of our lives, from entertainment, hobbies, sport and social media to learning and commerce. Lurking in the shadows, or even in plain sight, however, are scammers and hackers who want to access your data and device. Knowing the risks, and scanning websites before visiting them,...

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Secure Citizen

Secure Citizen link   MEDIA RELEASE May 2023 The role of fraud examiners is vital in winning the fraud prevention war During the recently held Southern African Fraud Prevention Services (SAFPS) Fraud Prevention Summit - which was held on 17 May - it became clear that the South African fraud landscape is increasingly risk-based, with many...

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Fake QR code

Source: https://www.aarp.org/money/scams-fraud/info-2021/qr-codes.html The FBI is warning that cybercriminals have tampered with QR codes to steal consumers’ login, financial information and money. Crooks are altering both digital and physical QR codes and replacing them with malicious code, the Jan. 19 warning said. The modifications can allow...

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The True Cost of Fraud

Source: https://risk.lexisnexis.com/insights-resources/research/emea-true-cost-of-fraud-study The True Cost of FraudTM As digital transformation continues apace in financial services and retail the latest LexisNexis® True Cost of Fraud™ Study reveals that cybercriminals are attacking a wider set of payment methods and driving up the cost of fraud...

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How to fight online scams more effectively and efficiently

In most countries, online fraud is now the most reported type of crime: 50 billion EUR lost in scams an expected growth rate of 40% chance of getting caught is less than 0.05% Looking at these numbers scams have become a safe and very lucrative business. That is why we want to understand better how to effectively remediate such risks from our...

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