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In this episode of To Catch a Fraudster, Rafael Lourenco from ClearSale tells a wild story about fraudsters using fake uniforms to dress up like retailers’ delivery employees, show up at card holders’ actual homes, and steal packages straight out of their hands. Hear the incredible story of how ClearSale detected, and stopped, this brazen The post New Podcast Episode: When a Fraudster Rings Your Doorbell appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/new-podcast-when-its-/

In this episode of the To Catch a Fraudster podcast, Rich Stuppy, Chief Experience Officer at Kount, talks about fraud in the food service industry and how eCommerce fraud prevention is helping in the fight against human trafficking. The post New Podcast: How Fighting Ecommerce Fraud Stops Human Trafficking appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/new-podcast-how-fight/

Kount, a leading provider of eCommerce fraud prevention software, has launched a new podcast: 5 Trends, 5 Minutes: Cyber & Fraud. The podcast will air weekly and feature the top five headlines in cybersecurity, fraud prevention, eCommerce and payments, as well as an interview with industry experts breaking down key topics. It is launching today, The post Kount Launches New Podcast appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/kount-podcast-launched/

Editor’s Note: This post was contributed by David Luki at ID Strong. We live in an age where almost everything is done digitally, or at least can be. From video conferences to online banking, things that involved a meeting in person years ago can now take place over an internet connection, and though this is The post The Growing Concern of Account Takeover and Identity Theft appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/idstrong-account-take/

NS8, Once a rising star in online fraud prevention, fired nearly all its employees and its CEO is under investigation by the SEC and now has been arrested by the FBI. Up until very recently, the Las Vegas based NS8 was on a rocket trajectory. It was hailed as a profitable and leading ecommerce fraud The post Fraud Prevention Startup NS8 Spectacularly Implodes, CEO Arrested by FBI. appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/fraud-prevention-star/

Editors Note: This post was contributed by David Luki at ID Strong. We live in an age where almost everything is done digitally, or at least can be. From video conferences to online banking, things that involved a meeting in person years ago can now take place over an internet connection, and though this is The post The Growing Concern of Account Takeover and Identity Theft appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/idstrong-account-take/

Editors note: this post was contributed by Alon Ghelber, CMO at Revuze eCommerce is a convenient alternative to going to a physical store and a way to make international purchases possible without even stepping outside of home, especially in times like these where social distancing is forcing people to stay more at home. However, the The post How eCommerce Can Fight Fraud By Analyzing Fake Reviews appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/ecommerce-prevent-fak/

Amazon Web Services (AWS) released Amazon Fraud Detector for use by the general public, the company announced in a press release. Merchant fraud journal covered the creation of Fraud Detector when it was announced at the end of last year. Amazon aggressively disrupts industries and accounts for nearly 50% of all eCommerce based transactions in The post Amazon Releases Amazon Fraud Detector to Public appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/amazon-fraud-detector/

The following post was contributed by Rowland O’Connor, CEO, Email Hippo. Have you ever had an email from Her Majesty the Queen? Nor have I. Not really. But I’ve come close. Read on to find how a frustrating conversation about chargebacks resulted in receiving an email a few years later that began ‘I am delighted The post That Time Queen Elizabeth (Almost) Sent an Email About Ecommerce Fraud appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/email-hippo-fraud/

Merchant Fraud Journal is proud to launch our latest collaboration with the eCommerce fraud prevention community: To Catch a Fraudster, a podcast dedicated to telling the crazy, true stories of eCommerce fraud. In our inaugural episode, we talk with Sasha from Nethone. He shares stories about fraudsters setting up physical sales booths inside of airports, The post New Podcast: To Catch a Fraudster appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/catch-fraudster-netho/

The following post was contributed by Rowland OConnor, CEO, Email Hippo. Have you ever had an email from Her Majesty the Queen? Nor have I. Not really. But Ive come close. Read on to find how a frustrating conversation about chargebacks resulted in receiving an email a few years later that began I am delighted The post That Time Queen Elizabeth (Almost) Sent an Email About Ecommerce Fraud appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/email-hippo-fraud/

New research from ACI Worldwide shows the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the value of fraud attacks to spike by 4.7%, the company said in a press release. June 2020 numbers showed a slight decrease, down to 3.7%. Despite the increased value of attacks, the absolute volume of attacks during the January-June period fell by 3.2%. The post ACI Reports 4.7% Increase in Value of Fraud Attacks Due to COVID-19 appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/aci-fraud-covid/

Sift has released a new report entitled Digital Trust & Safety Index: Content Abuse and the Fraud Economy. The report contains new data from a survey of more than 1,000 eCommerce companies on the subject of content abuse. Content abuse is a technique fraud rings use to verify if credit card credentials they purchase on The post Sift Releases Digital Trust & Safety Index: Content Abuse and the Fraud Economy appeared first on Merchant Fraud Journal .https://www.merchantfraudjournal.com/sift-content-abuse/