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Rob Rendell, Global Head of Fraud Market Strategy & Fraud Prevention – Subject Matter Expert at Nice Actimize, offers a detailed overview of First-Party Fraud and Mule Activity, two unnervingly popular scam methodologies. First-party fraud (FPF) is when the fraudster doubles as a customer. Fraudsters will open accounts for the specific purpose of executing their…
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Predictive Intelligence has emerged as a valuable tool against fraud Even with many new payment methods available, checks remain popular fraud vehicles Predictive Intelligence anticipates the risk of fraudulent payments Payments Journal reports that Predictive Intelligence has emerged as a valuable tool for financial institutions in their efforts to mitigate fraud attacks on payments. Unfortunately,…
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Massive feature expansion delivers improved detection with reduced false positives Burlington, MA, March 11, 2024 – OrboGraph, a leading provider of check fraud detection and image recognition solutions, is excited to announce general availability of their new OrboAnywhere Sherlock 5.3 Release. Sherlock 5.3 provides a powerful list of new weapons which will assist financial institutions…
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Writing checks may seem antiquated. However, there are many advantages, including having a paper trail for your payment and the “buffer” time from sending to depositing. Here’s another advantage that comes from making sure people are comfortable using checks that you may not have considered: Checks can actually make you …. smarter. Well, it’s specifically…
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Frank Albergo, National President of the Postal Police Officers Association, recently reposted via LinkedIn an item found by David Maimon, Professor at Georgia State University and Head of Fraud Insights at SentiLink. As Mr. Albergo relates: Crime evolves and criminals adapt. Obviously mail thieves want to avoid detection and arrest. A United States Postal Service letter…
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CNN reports that the US Treasury Department has begun using artificial intelligence — or AI — to detect fraud and recover funds, adopting techniques already widely used in the private sector. Starting around late 2022, the Treasury Department began using enhanced fraud-detection methods powered by AI to spot fraud, CNN has learned. The strategy mirrors…
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In case you missed it, over the past month, we have published incredible content on our OrboNation Blog and Modernizing Omnichannel Check Fraud Detection. Review the latest OrboNation Newsletter online or via PDF download.
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“Check cooking” is on the rise Florida’s Attorney General has issued a warning Initial investment for deposit fraud is surprisingly low Florida’s Attorney General, Ashley Moody, recently issued a warning about a digital check manipulation or “check cooking” scheme where fraudsters alter stolen checks to change the payee and payment amount. The warning comes in…
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Like many clubs or societies, fraudsters have a language all their own Some slang terms are obvious, while others are very oblique A valuable online Fraud Glossary resource is growing by the day People who share a common hobby or vocation often have a “lingo” of their own that they use to streamline communication and…
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Over half of bank execs polled are concerned about dependency on legacy technology The same execs have a positive outlook for 2024 Less than 8% of the execs polled expect to reduce their tech spending in the coming year Monitor Daily reports on a survey of over 100 bank executives which found concerns about dependency…
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