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An Alert Warns of Scams That Collect on ‘Missed’ Toll Road Payments
With summer travel on the rise, fraudsters are readier than ever to take advantage of unwary motorists. Toll-road fraud is generating complaints in at least a dozen states, says the Identity Theft Resource Center in a report issued this month. The latest scam involves text messages impersonating a toll authority …
Read More »Generative AI, Pig Butchering, And Triangulation Scams Are Among the Biggest Fraud Threats, Visa Says
New technologies such as generative AI are making it easier for fraudsters to scam consumers, according to the spring edition of Visa Inc.’s 2024 Biannual Fraud Threats report, just released. What makes generative AI such an effective fraud tool is that it can be used to convince consumers to give …
Read More »Wirex’s Latest Move Aims to Protect Users From Dark Web Scams
Digital-payments provider Wirex says it is working with ZeroFox Holdings Inc., a provider of cybersecurity technology, to incorporate ZeroFox’s Dark Web Monitoring app into its platform. Wirex’s blockchain-based service enables consumers to buy, sell, send, spend, and store fiat and crypto currency through the Wirex digital wallet. ZeroFox’s Dark Web …
Read More »Imposter Scams: P2P’s Growing Problem
Peer to peer payments networks are wrestling with the fallout triggered when users send money to a scammer. Solutions won’t be easy. In the world of digital payments, there’s a scam born every minute. The latest scam is conning consumers to send money via a peer-to-peer payment network to a …
Read More »In An About Face, Zelle Banks Issue Refunds to Users Victimized By Scams
Banks in Zelle, the peer-to-peer payment network operated by Early Warning Services LLC, have been issuing refunds to consumers duped by fraudsters into sending money using the network, according to a report Monday by Reuters. The reimbursements, which the banks have reportedly been paying out since June 30, represent a …
Read More »Relay’s Pump Fraud Plan; LVMH Adopts Tap to Pay on iPhone; Senators Query Venmo, Cash App About Scams
Senators Query Venmo, Cash App About Scams And Other Digital Transactions News briefs from 6/15/23
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday sent letters to Block Inc.’s Cash App and to PayPal pointing to “reports of widespread fraud and scams” on Cash App and Venmo and requesting data on the volume of reports of fraud …
Read More »How the Big Banks Are Addressing P2P Scams
An ongoing controversy regarding consumer losses to authorized but fraudulent transfers on the Zelle peer-to-peer platform has stirred at least some of the country’s biggest banks to work out a range of solutions, including wider adoption of scam defense and detection technology, sources tell Digital Transactions. This development comes as …
Read More »Big Banks Act on Zelle Scams; Holiday Shoppers Undeterred; POSaBIT Enters Vermont
