June 25, 2026
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Capital One

Capital One Fraudsters Preying on the International Help Line

I unintentionally found an interesting fraud tactic being used on Capital One cardholders about six months ago. If you misdial their international calling center (i.e. dial 1-800-934-2001 instead of 1-804-934-2001) you get a fraudster call center that will ask for all your account details, including some PII. It’s the telephonic equivalent of cybersquatting – where […]

Refund fraud scheme

Refund Fraud Has a New Co-Pilot

It was expected that professional fraudsters would jump on GenAI and experiment with the ways it can help them commit more fraud, more successfully, and more quickly. What is more surprising is how fast regular shoppers have started using the technology to commit refund fraud.  Researching and interviewing for the book The Fraud Fighter’s AI […]

Los Angeles Fashion District flooded with piles of cash.

What Are the Career Prospects for an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Investigator?

An anti-money laundering (AML) investigator is a person who decides if financial activity is suspicious or not. Typically, AML investigators work in a top-level department at financial institutions like banks, fintech companies, money remitters, and casinos. These individuals must review customer records, open-source information, and transaction activity to make a well-supported analytical decision.  When activity […]

Expert interview with Gilit Saporta

With Fraud, the More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Gilit Saporta is an experienced fraud-fighter and product leader with over two decades in the field, currently acting as VP Product for the Fraud Lab at DoubleVerify. She is the co-author of “Practical Fraud Prevention” and the upcoming “The Fraud Fighter’s AI Playbook: Strategies for the GenAI Era,” and the co-chair of the annual FraudCon […]

Elder scams and elder fraud in the U.S. are becoming more costly for victims.

Report: Elder scams cost Americans $3.1 billion in 2022

Elder scams targeting people over the age of 60 in the U.S. led to losses of $3.1 billion in 2022 alone, according to study by the company Incogni.  Some 103,000 crimes were reported across 30 different categories. Approximately 60% of these crimes were facilitated or exacerbated by criminals having access to victims’ personal data. Incogni’s […]

Equifax acquires chargeback management tool Midigator

Equifax Acquires Chargeback Management Tool Midigator

Equifax announced at the end of last month that it would acquire chargeback management tool Midigator for an undisclosed sum. Market rumors place the size of the deal in the vicinity of $250 million. If true, that would mean a tidy profit made by Midigator’s investors, who placed an estimated $60 million into the company […]

SecuredTouch

SecuredTouch Acquired, Transmit Security Raises $543M

Two significant events took place in the Israeli fraud prevention community last week, including an acquisition and a major fundraising round. SecuredTouch, a behavioral biometrics startup that was founded in 2015, was acquired by the Denver-based multi-national Ping Identity. Meanwhile, password-less security company Transmit Security raised $543 million in funding in a Series A round […]

chargeback.com

Sift Acquires Chargeback.com, Terms Undisclosed

Sift announced that it was acquiring Chargeback.com this past week, the second recent buyout of a chargeback mitigation company. Earlier this month, Chargehound announced its acquisition by PayPal. The terms for both acquisitions were not made public. The acquisitions show the chargeback mitigation space is heating up as booming eCommerce means heavy growth in card-not-present […]