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Do you need fraud prevention at your equipment rental business?

You might be asking yourself; do I really need to pay for another service? Sometimes it seems like...
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3 Best Fraud Prevention Practices for Dealerships

The reality is identity fraud has and will continue to rise. Over recent years, we have seen...
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The Shocking Truth About Unsecure Contractor Hiring Sites

In today's digital age, hiring a contractor for home improvement projects has become easier than...
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Unmasking the Danger: How Synthetic IDs Pose a Threat to Gun Shops

Fraudsters are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their methods, making it ever more essential...
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Fake IDs run rampant in the USA

IDscan.net recently released a report, Fake ID Report 2023, which reveals crucial insights into the...
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Why Identity Theft Cases Continue to Rise

Identity theft cases are on the rise. Again. Year after year cases continue to skyrocket and are...
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Informed but Unaware: How Reliance on Data and Assumptions Fuel Fraud

Recent fraud events demonstrate how a business’ reliance just on DATA to verify customer identity...
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UVeritech’s ULED-2000 Helps You Fight Fraud and Your Electricity Bill

Counterfeit detection continues to be one of the most crucial steps a brick-n-mortar operation can...
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No Retrievals, just Write Offs

This article addresses the ongoing epidemic of vehicle thefts in this country, first citing...
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The Best Way for Your Business to Avoid Credit Card Fraud?

Just how prevalent is Credit Card Fraud today? The Federal Trade Commission’s Annual Data Book of...
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Remote Car Sales – a Playground for the Professional ID Thief

The rate at which Identity Theft is growing in the United States is nothing less than shocking....
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How Retail Fraud Has Increased in the Wake of COVID-19

Retailers of all types face the inescapable reality that transactional fraud has been on the rise...
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Identity Authentication for Banking Operations

Incumbent banking institutions have emerged out of the pandemic to a landscape scattered with...
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The True Cost of Fraud Impacting Financial Services firms and Lenders

LexisNexis (LN) recently released its Financial Services & Lending focused 2022 True Cost of Fraud...
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Empower Point of Sale Employees with Fraud-Fighting Technology

Employees tasked with running cash registers and point of sale (POS) systems are a store’s first...
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When do we return to the bad-old-days of normal fraud?

As of this writing in early March 2021, COVID19 vaccine deployments have given society a proverbial...
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How Selfies Fight Fraud

Ah, the Selfie. Equal parts necessary vacation documenter to cringe worthy "maybe that wasn't such...
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$136,000 in Counterfeit Dollars Seized by CBP

Two Packages, $136K of Counterfeit Currency CBP Officers in Chicago Seize Shipments Containing...
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Analog Identity Theft is a Bigger Problem than Digital Identity Theft

When it comes to assessing your risk of identity theft and fraud, being digitally compromised in a...
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Why It’s Always Important To CYA

You know it’s important to protect your business against fraud, but how do you protect your...
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CNP to Hit $70 Billion in the Next 5 Years

Retailers are on course to lose more than $70 billion globally to remote “card-not present” (CNP)...
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Counterfeit Money Detection 101

• TABLE OF CONTENTS •Why You Need to be Vigilant about Checking MoneyNaked Eye vs. Counterfeit...
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Compliance & Fraud Prevention in Remote Onboarding for Banks

• TABLE OF CONTENTS •Remote BankingMobile Client Onboarding is the Next FrontierMobile Identity...
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The Troubling Pervasiveness of Return Fraud - and What You Can Do About It

• TABLE OF CONTENTS •What is Return Fraud?Return Fraud StatisticsWhy is Return Fraud such a Problem?
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EMV Not a Cure-All for Credit Card Fraud

Chip-enabled (EMV) credit cards are designed to be more secure than magnetic stripe cards because...
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Annoyed with Millennials? Well, Now They're Your Biggest Customer Base

An estimated 9 million American identities are stolen each year – it’s no wonder why identity theft...
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A Modern Solution for Fraud Prevention in Mobile and Online Environments

Mobile Identity Authentication Many potential business-cases point to the desire to have an...
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The Worst Loss Prevention Advice We've Ever Heard

It was last year that I heard a prominent loss prevention professional - a name that many in the...
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Fraud & Identity Theft: More Common Than You Think

Before the advent of the internet, global electronic communications, and online databases, it was a...
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Preparing Your Business for the Fraud Liability Shift

In the previous post, we discussed what EMV and the fraud liability shift are as well as how it...
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On the Horizon for Fraud Protection:  Mobile Security

Most people have some exposure to fraud deterrents in their daily lives. For the honest person,...
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Identity Theft Tied to Fake IDs for College Students

Young people who are under the drinking age have long looked to fake IDs to get around the law....

IRS Removes W-2 Auto-Extensions to Fight Fraud

To combat the recent tidalwave of identity theft cases across the United States, the Internal...
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With Mobile Transactions Comes Mobile Fraud

With the increase of mobile commerce brings a parallel increase in fraudulent mobile transactions,...
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Identity Authentication: The Cornerstone of Protecting Oneself Against Fraud

Fraud is big business.The Federal Trade Commission has estimated that 10.8 percent of U.S. adults...
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Online Fraud Tied To Cities With High Number of Data Centers

According to a new report, the majority of online fraud in the United States is coming from several...
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Will Smartphones Be The Next Frontier for ID Authentication?

In our tech-based society, smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices are central to our daily...
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Surprising Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen

No matter how careful you've been to protect your personal data and information, there are still a...
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Identity Theft Victims May Know The Culprits

We often assume that major identity theft issues come from data breaches or scammers - but have you...
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Recognizing a Phishing Scheme

We'd all like to assume that we are quick enough to recognize a scam before falling into a trap -...

What Industries Are Seeing More Fraudulent Activity?

Financial institutions have long been the target of phishing schemes and fraudulent activity- from...
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Protecting Seniors Against Fraud and Identity Theft

Identity theft and fraud among senior citizens is rising across the country, with many states as...

"Slip and Trip" Accidents Lead to Surge in Liability Fraud

The United Kingdom is reporting a huge jump in liability fraud, citing a 75% increase in bogus...
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Feds Fight Tax Fraud Through Check Cashing Businesses

As the Internal Revenue Service continues to work to combat tax fraud this year, other federal...

SEC Playing Bigger Role in Cybersecurity

Despite the Securities and Exchange Commission's focus upon regulating the securities industry and...

Large National Insurer To Offer Identity Theft Protection

In a wave of preventative measures for data protection, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Assocation...
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Increase Transaction Security Through Identity Verification

Accurate identification papers are essential to safeguarding financial and legal transactions as...
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Steps To Take If Someone Files a False Tax Return in Your Name

Identity theft issues continue to plague the Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Treasury...

Consumers Express Concern Over Protecting Financial Information

Counterfeiting and identity theft are major concerns for the public, and safety of private...
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Millennials Are In Danger of Bank Fraud

Millennials probably don't worry too much about identity theft or fraud -- but according to a...

IRS Adds Safeguards to Prevent Identity Theft, Fraud

Following a recent online attack that resulted in the diversion of tax refunds and the theft of...
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Would your employee catch this fake ID?

Recently, in Brooklyn, a man successfully made a $1,500 purchase using fake identification at a...
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Oct, 7 2014- Is Your Business Prepared for the Holidays?

The holiday season is nearing meaning the busiest time of the year for retail businesses is...
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Oct, 1 2014- Newest Identity Fraud Scam

Tax refund fraud is another form of identity theft that has recently afflicted the IRS. Recently
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Feb. 26, 2013 - Eight Ways to Prevent Fraud

Fraud and data security breaches come in so many different forms and from so many different...
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Feb. 21, 2013 - What Does "Multi-Layered Fraud Prevention" Mean?

Simply put, multi-layered fraud prevention means that you must seek to understand the...
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Intelligently Handle Your Cash Operations

Manually counting cash is one of the best ways to lose money in your retail business. Cash...
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Organized Retail Theft - a $30 Billion-per-year Problem

Most loss prevention and asset management personnel make the mistake of thinking that shrinkage...
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ID Verification: Red Flags and Customer ID Programs

If you have followed the news at all lately, you have likely heard that financial institutions of...
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ID Verification a Key Step in Anti Money Laundering

It is perhaps a sign of the times when the annual convention of anti-money laundering...
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New Account BSA Identity Theft Prevention Compliance

Scenario:A financial institution is opening a new branch, and is starting a major local PR blitz...
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"Know" Your Customer to Prevent Money Laundering

One of the biggest concerns of any financial institution – that is, any institution that routes...
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Inside Money Laundering - Anti Money Laundering

The last several weeks have seen a number of noteworthy arrests for money laundering. A fugitive...
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ID Verification, Money Laundering and Regulatory Compliance

The last decade brought about a tumultuous change in financial institution regulations. Many...
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Why Identity Fraud Persists Despite Regulation

If you read Part I of our blog series on identity fraud you almost surely remember the sum totals...
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Turning the Tide on Identity Fraud, Part I: The Costs

Two very important studies delving into fraud reports from 2010 were issued recently. The first, a...
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Online Gaming Networks: The New Front in Identity Theft Fight

Credit card processing servers. Poorly secured corporate networks. Point-of-sale terminals in gas...
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Identity Authentication: ID Counterfeits Go High-Tech...and International

We have mentioned in a number of previous posts the international nature of many counterfeit money...
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Money Counterfeiting Duo Printed Over $4 Million in Bleached Bills

How easy is it to create counterfeit money? Up until a few months ago, the Reid brothers would...
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Detecting Counterfeit Money - Magnetic Ink & Watermark Lamps

(Note: This is the second article in our series Best Practices for Counterfeit Detection. For the...
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Best Practices For Detecting Counterfeit Money

Want an entertaining dinner party activity? Ask people around the table if they know how to tell...
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Good News, Bad News in New Identity Theft Fraud Report

Good news from the front in the battle against identity theft! Well, somewhat good news. With an...
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Retail Fraud: Confessions of a Counterfeit Credit Card Maker

It is always a treat to hear from actual identity thieves: understandably they are not often...
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How a Teenager Caused $16 Million in Counterfeit Fraud

On the heels of last week's story about Australian airline tickets bought with counterfeit credit...
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Financial Institutions Lose Over $11 Billion Annually to Retail Fraud

We have mentioned in our previous posts that fraud committed on a stolen credit card affects three...
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Mortgage Fraud's Latest Trends

For anyone concerned about how mortgage fraud can affect them specifically, the LexisNexis...
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Protecting Children From Identity Fraud

Hardly a day goes by without a news report mentioning identity theft or giving a heart-rending...
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Counterfeit Fraud Knows no Borders

We have talked in previous posts about international financial fraud as it relates to employment...
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Why Detector Pens Will Not Save You From Counterfeit Money

Money counterfeiting, as any other crime, doesn't stand still. Fraudsters continually evolve...
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Counterfeit Money: Protecting Against Counterfeit Euros

So far, we have been discussing the problem of counterfeiting only within the U.S., although it...
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Proper I-9 Employment Verification - Beyond “Good Faith”

There’s a lot of semantic debate these days over what to name foreign nationals who violate U.S....
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Upcoming Fraud and Counterfeit Money Detection Resources

This past Sunday's Los Angeles Times featured an article quoting Fraud Fighter's own VP of Sales...
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Identity Theft Enabled through Social Media Sites

International Law Enforcement Takes-Down a “Top 10” Site
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Detecting Counterfeit Money, Part IV: Intaglio Printing

We mentioned previously the intaglio printing process that creates fine lines around the portraits...
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Detecting Counterfeit Money, Part III: Microprinting and Fine Lines

(This is the third post in our counterfeit money series. The U.S. dollar printing machinery that...
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$160 Million Fine for Bank Secrecy Act Violations

In a startling revelation yesterday, one of the largest U.S. banks admitted in court that a...
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4 Steps Businesses Can Take to Reduce Credit Card Fraud

As credit cards continue to supplant cash and checks as the preferred method of payment, credit...
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Detecting Counterfeit Money, Part I: Serial Numbers

We have mentioned here previously the new high-tech anti-counterfeitting features of the new $100,...
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O.C. Credit Card Arrests Underscore Retail Fraud Popularity

Big-box stores are a favorite target of fraudsters, because of the value of their products. So...
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Counterfeit Fraud in the Casino: An Overview

Casino environments are beset by opportunities to experience losses from counterfeit fraud....
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Despite Bank Secrecy Act, Casinos Face Risks From Money Laundering

Imagine for a moment you are a modern-day Al Capone. Through a combination of robbery, embezzlement...
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The Burden of Counterfeit Money

Pity poor David Lipin. He cashed a $1000 USPS Money Order at a local post office and got a wad of...
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Title 31: Compliance Challenges For Casinos

This is the first in a series of articles discussing the challenges faced by casinos - regarding...
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FTC Privacy Rule Violations are so Easy!

NRF Loss Prevention Blog Article In a very interesting blog article found an the National Retail...