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Online Fraud Complaints Up 33% in 2008
1, Nov 2009According to a Washington Post Article in April 2009, the FBI has stated that online fraud complaints was up 33% in 2008.
Some 275,284 complaints were filed last year with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. In 2007, the IC3 received 206,844 complaints.
The area [...]
- In: Compaints| Non-delivery| Online Fraud| eCommerce
- Tags: ecommerce fraud, FACTA, fraud, fraud payment, ICS, Non-delivery
In times of a slow economy, marketers see a lot of danger for brand integrity by fakes, frauds and infringements. The Chief Marketing Office (CMO) Council asked in a global audit of 306 marketers, sponsored by MarkMonitor, how marketers view threats to online and offline brand attacks. The results reveal that top marketers see online [...]
- In: Apparel Brands| Brand Hijackers| CMO Council| Fraud Detection| Fraud Prevention| Online Fraud| Organizations| eCommerce| online attacks| online retail sales
- Tags: Brand Hijackers, CMO Council, cyber squatting, grey market knock-offs, marketers, MarkMonitor, offline fraud, Online Fraud, phishing attacks, Protection From Brand Infection
No Magic Bullet To Stop Online Card Fraud
11, May 2009The Internet revolution has triggered a massive influx of eCommerce transactions — one of the fastest growing segments of transactions today. However, a recent study from Gartner reveals that consumers are changing their online behaviour due to concerns about the safety of their personal data.¬†15% of those surveyed have stopped shopping online altogether, such are [...]
New module: Anatoa fraud and scam detection
11, May 2009Univalence Ltd, a London based company established in 2008, is today launching a Drupal module for Anatoa, the new online fraud detection service directed at membership based websites run by individual webmasters as well as small and medium companies.
The service addresses both so-called profile scam and abusive members, both major reasons for membership based websites [...]
APWG and IEEE Send Out Call For Papers for the Fourth Annual 2009 eCrime Researchers Summit
11, May 2009The APWG and IEEE are inviting papers and research from electronic crime researchers for the fourth annual eCrime Researchers Summit (eCRS), the world’s only peer-reviewed research conference dedicated to electronic crime research, scheduled to be held in Tacoma, WA on October 20 and 21 this year, in collaboration with the University of Washington, Tacoma.
eCRS [...]
There has been some recent discussion in different articles regarding whether or not device identification, also referred to as device fingerprinting, when used to fight online fraud, constitutes a violation of privacy. The topic came up recently at a panel at RSA on the Benefits and Dangers of Device Fingerprinting. The essence of the discussion [...]
The Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPCU) is now saving in excess of £315 million for clients thanks to its ongoing financial fraud prevention work.
With more than 335,000 compromised cards and card numbers recovered, the DCPCU – a specialist police squad that tackles cheque and card fraud crime in the UK – has just [...]
Small non-profit organizations are very vulnerable to fraud.  When I say small, I mean small: organizations that raise less than $100,000 per year and have only one paid staff person or no paid staff persons. I’m talking about neighborhood associations, sports and recreation leagues and all manner of civic, political and religious groups.
These small organizations [...]