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The evolution of PAN enumeration attacks: Tackling a growing threat to payment security

By exploiting automated processes, fraudsters can bypass payment security measures at a faster, subtler rate. The authors explain how payment-processing companies can increase their defenses and better protect their customers against this growing threat to their security.

Written By: Dustin J. Eaton, CFE, Marcus Vinson

    • Cyberfraud
    • Fraud Prevention and Deterrence
    • Fraud Schemes

Under pressure

Generations that grew up with the internet aren’t immune to online fraud schemes. Trust in online platforms, heavy involvement in social media and financial pressures facing Gen Z and millennials put them at greater risk of being victimized by fraudsters than older adults. Fraud Magazine explores how younger generations become victims — and perpetrators — and what fraud examiners can do to educate them about fraud.

Written By: Crystal Zuzek, Anna Brahce

    • Consumer Fraud and Scams
    • Cyberfraud
    • Fraud Schemes

Be alert to Medicare hospice fraud and new mobile job-offer cons, plus spot phishing scams

Creative scammers offer Medicare hospice services (to those who aren’t terminally ill). Beware of sophisticated job-offer frauds on mobile devices. And here’s how to spot pesky phishing scams.

Written By: Robert E. Holtfreter, Ph.D., CFE

    • Consumer Fraud and Scams
    • Cyberfraud
    • Identity Theft

Nations unite to wipe out telecom fraud centers and more

China, Myanmar and Thailand join forces to tackle telecom fraud centers operating in Myanmar; a woman in Texas pleads guilty to smuggling and distributing an unapproved, altered drug used to treat cats; the prison sentence of former Mozambique finance minister, Manuel Chang, is increased; and former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Written By: Crystal Zuzek

    • Bribery and Corruption
    • Cyberfraud
    • Fraud Schemes

5 most scandalous fraud cases of 2024

Fraudsters work year-round to perpetrate their schemes. Fraud Magazine also works year-round tracking the news for those schemes we believe will live in infamy and serve as cases for anti-fraud professionals to study for years to come. Here are the most scandalous frauds of 2024.

Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE, Crystal Zuzek, Anna Brahce

    • Cyberfraud
    • Financial Institution Fraud
    • Fraud Schemes

He was a victim. Now he’s fighting back.

In 2021, Troy Gochenour became a victim of cryptocurrency fraud after striking up a correspondence with a scammer he met on a dating app. The Ohio-based voice actor talks to Fraud Magazine about his experience as a fraud victim and how it transformed him into an activist raising awareness and fighting against cyber scams.

Written By: Emily Homer, Ph.D., CFE

    • Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets
    • Cyberfraud
    • Fraud Schemes

Cracking the center

According to the United Nations, an estimated 200,000 people have been trafficked into cyber scam centers where they’re forced to commit fraud schemes, causing billions of dollars in losses worldwide. Fraud Magazine talks to experts fighting on the frontlines against forced criminality about what it will take to disrupt these cyber scam operations and what fraud examiners can do to help.

Written By: Jennifer Liebman, CFE

    • Cyberfraud
    • Fraud Investigation and Examination
    • Government Fraud

National Public Data confirms 2.9 billion-record data breach and more

National Public Data confirms cybercriminals conducted massive data breach involving 2.9 billion records; Missouri woman is arrested for attempting to steal Graceland mansion; and Robert Telles is sentenced for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.

Written By: Crystal Zuzek

    • Cyberfraud
    • Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes
    • Identity Theft

On a winning streak

Thousands of fraud examiners from around the globe flocked to Las Vegas, Nevada, where they hit the big time, gleaning deep insights and practical tools to combat fraud from an international cast of anti-fraud experts during the 35th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference.

Written By: Crystal Zuzek

    • Cyberfraud
    • Fraud Investigation and Examination
    • Fraud Prevention and Deterrence

Boeing admits to fraud over 737 Max jet crashes and more

Aviation giant Boeing pleads guilty to fraud over 737 Max jet crashes, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down big decisions on bribery and corruption, and Interpol coordinates an international law enforcement operation to dismantle online scam networks.

Written By: Crystal Zuzek

    • Anti-Fraud Laws Regulations and Compliance
    • Bribery and Corruption
    • Cyberfraud

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