Scam Prevention
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- Fraud & Scams
- 5min read
Predictive Prevention: How Brazil’s Banks Can Stop Pix Scams Before They Happen
The State of Scams Brazil 2026 Global Anti-Scam Alliance report reveals a concerning scenario: annual financial losses from scams in ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 4min read
Summer Scams: What to Watch For and How to Stay Safe
Summer is the time of year when many of us have vacations, family trips, graduation parties, weddings, festivals, and concerts ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 4min read
QR Codes Aren’t the Problem. The Fraud Behind Them Is
Banks and regulators are treating QR code fraud as a scanning problem, with bad actors manipulating people into scanning the ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 5min read
What’s Unifying Americans in Polarizing Times? Scams.
In an era defined by deep polarization and fragmentation, it is rare to find a topic that brings Americans together. ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 9min read
PSD3 and the PSR: What Financial Institutions Need to Know
Ask 10 people in the industry what PSD3 and the PSR requires of them on fraud and you’ll likely get ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 8min read
How to Stop Scams with Signal Convergence
Criminals have shifted from directly cracking accounts to coercing account holders through scam attacks. This pivot has two critical outcomes. ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 3min read
Why Celent Named Feedzai a Fraud Prevention Luminary
We’re excited to share some great news! Feedzai has been recognized as a Luminary vendor in Celent’s 2025 Anti-Fraud Solutionscape ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 5min read
5 Key Takeaways from the GASA Global State of Scams 2025 Report
Around the world, governments and banks have been making strong headway in the efforts to stop the threat of scams. ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 10min read
Understanding Social Engineering Fraud: From Psychological Traps to AI‑Driven Fraud
Social engineering scams may start with a phone call from someone impersonating a loved one, claiming to need your help. Or it might be an urgent email that appears to be from your boss. Or a text message from a government agency warning you about a hefty fine you didn’t expect. According to a 2023 report from the Federal Trade Commission, these scams have already cost US consumers $12.5 billion in losses.
- AI & Technology
- 8min read
GenAI Fraud: What It Is, How It Works, and How to Stop It
GenerativeAI (GenAI) isn’t a buzzword. In just a few short years, it has transformed from a radical new concept to a widely used practice across multiple businesses and industries, including financial services. Unfortunately, criminals are among the adopters adding GenAI techniques into their methods. Losses from GenAI fraud could reach $40 billion by 2027, according to projections by Deloitte.1
- AI & Technology
- 11min read
What Is Bot Detection: Tools, Techniques & Ways to Prevent Against Bot Attacks
Bots have become an integral part of many customers’ everyday routine. Chatbots and virtual assistants, for example, facilitate interactions with businesses, financial institutions, and banks. But while some bots are designed to help, others are designed for harm. These malicious bots can create fake accounts, steal sensitive information, transfer money quickly, and more.
- AI & Technology
- 4min read
Seamless Middle East: Conference Takeaways Q&A with Tejal Kaur
Feedzai's Tejal Kaur shares her exclusive insights from the Seamless Middle East conference on fraud trends and regulatory changes highlighted at the Dubai conference.
- Fraud & Scams
- 5min read
How ScamAlert and GenAI Are Changing the Game in Scam Prevention
It’s getting harder to tell what’s real and what’s a scam nowadays. Scammers use increasingly sophisticated technology like deepfakes and ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 4min read
GASS 2025: Turning Talk into Action Against Global Scams
The Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) 2025 in London, organized by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), sent a clear message: with ...
- AI & Technology
- 4min read
AI-Driven Fraud: How Criminals Are Using AI to Scam You
How much do criminals love using AI for fraud? Let LoveGPT—a malicious program that helps criminals commit romance scams—count the ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 8min read
What is a Deepfake and How Do They Impact Fraud?
A deepfake uses sophisticated AI to create highly convincing audio, images, text, or videos that look, sound, and act like ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 11min read
Romance Scams & Pig Butchering: A Call for Cross-industry Collaboration
Over 64,000 people in the United States lost $1.14 billion to romance scams, according to the Federal Trade Commission. These ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 7min read
What Is Synthetic Identity Fraud: How to Detect & Prevent Against It?
Criminals use made-up identities to steal money. That’s the reality of synthetic identity fraud. This type of fraud and money ...
- AI & Technology
- 3min read
Major Regulatory Alerts About AI and Deepfake Fraud Signal Significant Challenge to 2025 Digital Account Growth
We’ve recently seen alerts from the FBI, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), and the New York Department of Financial ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 6min read
GASA Global State of Scams Report: $1T Lost to Scams
Consumers lost $1.03 trillion to scams in the past year, according to the latest findings from the 2024 Global State ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 5min read
‘Thelma’ Spotlights the Elder Fraud Conversation We Need
Warning: Spoilers for the movie “Thelma” are contained in this article. The movie “Thelma” has a well-earned 99% score on ...
- Fraud & Scams
- 5min read
UK Finance Fraud Report Results: Banks Face a Perfect Storm of Change
The latest figures from the UK Finance Annual Fraud Report 2024 offer a glimpse into the state of the UK’s ...
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