Fraud News: Deepfakes-as-a-Service, Massive Gift Card Fraud Ring, and Fraud Depts are Most Impersonated

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In this episode of Fraudology, Karisse talks about 3 recent fraud-related stories, how they can or will impact the industry, and could be important to know for your specific role. As new techniques and technology continue to be used to commit cybercrime, it's important to be aware of what is possible, and to prepare as much as you can before your company or financial institution is impacted (especially for the last story!).

Links to Original articles:

1. Two People Arrested As a Part of a Traffic Stop are Found with 1764 Fraudulent Gift Cards; Tied to Massive Organized Crime Ring Stealing & Manipulating Gift Cards at Large Retail Locations: https://alachuachronicle.com/pair-arrested-with-1764-fraudulent-gift-cards-may-be-part-of-organized-ring/
2. The FTC Warning: Texts Impersonating Fraud Departments for Banks have more than Doubled since 2021: https://www.businessinsider.com/scam-bank-fraud-texts-on-the-rise-ftc-warns-2023-6
3. Deepfakes-as-a-Service provide Realistic Videos of "Humans" for only $145 USD (this should scare us all!) https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/28/tencent_digital_humans/

Fraudology is hosted by Karisse Hendrick, a fraud fighter with decades of experience advising hundreds of the biggest ecommerce companies in the world on fraud, chargebacks, and other forms of abuse impacting a company's bottom line.

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