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Man and machine form the perfect pair when it comes to fighting payment fraud, according to a new whitepaper from European payments solution firm, Nets and multi-national professional services provider, KPMG.
https://www.sourcesecurity.com/news/nets-kpmg-whitepaper-artificial-intelligence-fraud-prevention-co-1568891061-ga-co-1568892715-ga.1587982973.html#.XqnvuaU0wKs.twitter
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is piloting the use of video conference calls to verify the identity of merchants who wish to sell goods on its websites, in a new plan to counter fraud without in-person meetings in the pandemic, the company said on Sunday.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-counterfeit/amazon-tests-screening-new-merchants-for-fraud-via-video-calls-in-pandemic-idUKKCN229001
UK fraud prevention body, Cifas, is warning individuals and companies to be extra vigilant following an increase in the number of scams seeking to exploit the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisoruk/2020/04/24/fraud-goes-viral-scams-to-beware-perpetrated-by-covid-19-criminals/#6312aabd6b4c
Measures announced over recent weeks to deal with coronavirus (COVID-19) have seen our day-to-day life drastically changed - we are spending more time at home and online.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-on-how-to-protect-yourself-and-your-business-from-fraud-and-cyber-crime
As criminals exploit COVID-19 to make money, INTERPOL is supporting police to fight these crimes.
Fraud is an ever-lasting problem for banks and other financial institutions, which only continues to persist. As we are moving toward ubiquitous digitalization, criminals are discovering new weak spots in financial digital applications.
https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/18659/how-machine-learning-helps-with-combating-financial-fraud
With the coronavirus economic crisis deepening, experts at University of Portsmouth are warning it will lead to the highest levels of fraud and cybercrime ever recorded. There are also concerns that existing preventative measures need to be reviewed urgently because they are unlikely to be sufficient to deal with the heightened threat that comes from a deep recession.
https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/news/coronavirus-economic-recession-approaching
This video features a discussion between Professor Mark Button, Jim Gee from Crowe LLP and Rebecca Fitzhugh from Sobelco. It concerns the emerging cybercrimes and frauds occurring under the guise of Covid19 in the UK/USA and the impact of the likely coming recession on these crimes. It also features insights on fraud and corruption in major construction projects, which Rebecca has extensive experience of dealing with and which given the likely increase in UK Government expenditure in this area is another area counter fraud professionals need to be concerned with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYrlLHwkbzY&feature=youtu.be
The coronavirus pandemic is increasingly being used as "a hook to commit fraud", a senior investigator has warned.
https://www.kentlive.news/news/uk-world-news/coronavirus-fraud-warning-two-arrested-4046787
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