The following has been reproduced with kind permission from Jeffrey Robinson In the weeks following the release of “Secrecy for Sale” – the eBook version of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ (ICIJ) brilliant look at tax evasion and the role of the offshore world – the Internet, Facebook and Twitter (especially Twitter) went semi-hysterical with…
Once again we have been reminded of the vulnerability of financial institutions to credit card fraud. Last week we saw the news that a large gang of thieves (a number of whom have just been arrested in New York) managed to steal an enormous $45 million from thousands of ATMs in just a matter of hours.…
Facebook now offers “Home.” Facebook says “With Home, everything on your phone gets friendlier. From the moment you turn it on, you see a steady stream of friends’ posts and photos. Upfront notifications and quick access to your essentials mean you’ll never miss a moment. And you can keep chatting with friends, even when you’re…
Apparently May is “Scams Awareness Month” (who thinks up of these things?) and so I took a little peak inside my spam box and I found an interesting little number which I thought I would share with you as my contribution to help raise awareness… It is a fairly traditional phishing email, made interesting by…
At a round-table event organised recently by the Payments Cards and Mobile team, and attended by a number of payments and mobile specialists, I was struck by how the subject of identity theft has gone from being a niche occurrence problematic for a few to a genuinely mainstream concern. And not only for security officers and banks,…
A pair of explosions at the Boston Marathon left at least three people dead and dozens injured Monday. In this video clip, HLN’s Dr. Drew talks to Boston Marathon runners Robert Siciliano and Thom Keeney about what they witnessed during the terror attack. (Our thoughts are with all those affected by this incident – #TheFraudTube) Hotlines For families…
So here is an interesting story about Wonga. There is a web site called This Is Money that seems to be part of The Daily Mail (yuck! – Ed) so obviously anyone that lends money is a criminal. There are some interesting points but it doesn’t show how easily fraudsters can get access to peoples’ personal information so that…
Some benefit fraud cases take months and even years to investigate, can be complex and very involved. They take a lot of hard work, hours spent trying to establish and demonstrate links between people, finances, businesses and properties, for example. Then there are those which just fall at your feet, such is the case of…
A Blog by Neil Pool In November 2010 it emerged that a Finnish company, trading in the UK as Help Loan, had been targeted by organised crime. It was reported that about 9,000 innocent people had their details compromised. Because Help Loan had poor operational procedures, the criminals that stole the identities managed fraudulently obtain…
