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Stop Falling for Dating Scams this Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is the holiday of love for couples. For most singles, it is an annual reminder of the need to find a significant other. That is why the holiday is an ideal time to discuss dating site scams that seek to entrap and extract money in a variety of ways from...
Merchant Risk Council: Industry Events & Education
Established in 2000 the Merchant Risk Council is the leading global trade association for eCommerce fraud and payments professionals. About-Fraud.com caught up with Markus Bergthaler, Director of Programs, to find out how the MRC is helping educate and empower industry professionals. In this brief Q&A, Markus sheds some light on the various...
How To Transform Authentication & Trust
Webinar Connections allows our community to seamlessly connect with educational webinars hosted by Fraud Solution Providers. It's another step in helping our users understand what fraud solutions are the best fit for their fraud problems. In our first installment, we feature a thought leadership webinar hosted by NuData Security, "How to Transform...
Provider & Fraud Knowledge – Square One
It's tempting to approach fraud management in the same manner I assemble my son's toys. Start at step 7, jump to 15, let out a few gasps, an occasional holler... and settle on whatever mix of parts you can jam together. Lucky for me, a toddler is often just as happy to...
Putting Email at The Core of Digital Identity
Emailage was founded in 2012. The company enables merchants to use customers’ email addresses as the core element in assessing transactional fraud risk, including a predictive fraud score. Emailage leverages a vast consortium of data and layered technology to combat transaction fraud, along with other use cases pertaining to account fraud. about-fraud.dream.press...
About-Fraud.com Launches with Refined Strategy, Unique Value
about-fraud.dream.press is a website created in, March of 2017. Following a revamped launch in August, about-fraud.dream.press is publishing this interview with the co-founders to explain their motives for creating and operating the site. Below are Ronald Praetsch, PJ Rohall and Ronen Shnidman’s answers to those questions and a look ahead at how...
Biometric Authentication: the How and Why
Biometric authentication for fraud prevention has been developing at light speed these past few years, with many new solutions reaching the market. For those seeking to better comprehend the new possibilities afforded by biometrics, Nu Data Security in conjunction with the Aite Group compiled a custom report on the market for biometric...
Kaspersky Fraud Prevention: Evolving to Meet Changing Threats
Kaspersky Fraud Prevention was recently at Money 20/20 Europe to display their readiness to work with all types of businesses that want to protect their online accounts, from financial institutions and gaming merchants to airlines and other e-commerce sites. About-Fraud.com discusses below Kaspersky’s approach to fraud prevention with company fraud consultant Emma...
SEON: Moving from Bitcoin to Advanced Fraud Solution
SEON is a Europe-based fraud prevention startup headquartered in Budapest that is focused on serving merchants of all sizes. The company was co-founded in 2015 by two bitcoin enthusiasts, Tamas Kadar and Bence Jendruszak, who were originally focused on the high level of fraud affecting a bitcoin exchange. They have expanded the...