The Fraud Blog
News, research, and analysis on eCommerce payments and fraud prevention.
PRESS RELEASE: WHEN THE FRAUDSTER IS SOMEONE YOU TRUST
Red Bank, Aug. 15, 2008 /The FraudBlog Newsletter/ - The number of articles related to internal fraud have been rising considerably over…
Nov 1, 2021 · 3 min read Fraud PreventionPRESS RELEASE: WILL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN LEAD TO INCREASED FRAUD?
Red Bank, March 2, 2009 /Internal Release/ - There have been a number of recent articles outlining how the economic downturn will result in…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudRepeat Friendly Fraudsters Caught for Commission Scam
Two U.S. brother’s, Andrew and Allen Chiu, we’re blocked from making purchases from Nordstrom.com after excessive chargeback claims and…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read Fraud BlogReturn Fraud Statistics from the NRF
The National Retail Federation estimates that return fraud cost merchants $14.37 billion in 2011 up from $13.66 billion in 2010. In a…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudblogRomanian Fraudster Arrested for ATM Skimming Scam
Laurentiu Bulat, a Romanian citizen living illegally in the United States, was arrested on January 5 on multiple charges after taking part…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsSecondhand Mobile Phones Contain Original Owner’s Data
Before you recycle or resell that mobile phone, are you sure it is clear of all your personally identifiable information? Manually deleting…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudSurvey Finds Increasing Consumer Comfort with Mobile Payments
A recent survey by KPMG found that 23 percent of U.S. consumers are “very willing” to use their mobile phone as a wallet while more…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read Case StudiesTens of Thousands of Fraud Attempts, None Successful
We always seem to hear about the successful fraudsters who cheated merchants, but we don’t often hear about the successful merchants in…
Nov 1, 2021 · 4 min read fraudText Message Scams Target Consumers Regionally and Nationwide
Just as fraudsters send email phishing scams they also try to elicit payment information through text message scams, a practice referred to…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudThe Mobile Wallet Wars Begin
Since launch Google Wallet has been available on the Samsung Nexus smartphone offered by Sprint, but when Verizon started offering the same…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read fraudThreatMetrix Acquires Australian Fraud Prevention Provider
Online fraud prevention provider ThreatMetrix announced their acquisition of TrustDefender, an Australian company specializing in secure…
Nov 1, 2021 · 1 min read fraudTop U.S. Cities for Fraud Fraudulent Transactions
Analyzing around 1 billion transactions placed with U.S. eCommerce merchants and where they originated during the first quarter of 2012,…
Nov 1, 2021 · 2 min read