Title:Online Auction Fraud – Tips to Avoid Becoming a Victim
Summary:A recent Secret Service investigation uncovered a transnational organized fraud ring that stole over $30 million dollars from unsuspecting victims from across the country. The increasing popularity of e-commerce auctions and marketplaces will only enhance a fraudster’s ability to defraud Americans.
PublishDate:2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM
Title:Newest Trends in Business Email Compromise Matters
Summary:The latest trend in email fraud the United States Secret Service has identified is spear phishing focused on healthcare, professional services, higher education and real estate closing companies. The spear phishing is targeting individuals that are involved with a company’s financial decisions with the intention of compromising that corporate officer’s email account.
PublishDate:1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM
Title:Phishing Campaigns on the Rise
Summary:The Secret Service’s Global Investigative Operations Center (GIOC) is observing a noticeable increase in successful large-scale phishing attacks targeting unsuspecting victims across industry. Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
PublishDate:1/29/2019 12:00:00 AM
Title:WesPay Joins U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC)
Summary:The U.S. Faster Payments Council is a new payments organization whose goal is a world-class payment system, where Americans can safely and securely pay anyone, anywhere, at any time and with near-immediate funds availability. WesPay is proud to be a founding member of this diverse industry organization dedicated to facilitating broad adoption and ubiquity within faster payments.
PublishDate:1/22/2019 12:00:00 AM