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Business & Employment Scams

A Fraud Fighter’s 5 New Year’s Resolutions for 2025 – Forter

Published: January 7, 2025 Reading time: 4 minute read Written by: Doriel Abrahams Happy New Year! In 2025, I intend to take as much of my

Financial Scams

What We’re Watching: Language Access in Consumer Finance

Approximately 26 million people in the U.S. speak English less than “very well” and are considered to have limited English proficiency. To better understand how

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Trump White House tries to clarify confusion over abrupt federal assistance freeze

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, during her first press briefing on Tuesday, faced a barrage of questions on the administration’s freeze on federal financial

Tech & Cybersecurity Scams

Virtual Kidnapping: Protecting Payments in AI-Enabled Extortion

“The internet never forgets.” This warning from the U.S. Army Reserves is a stark reminder that online activities create an unerasable trail of information. In

Business & Employment Scams

Bold Strategies from Retail’s Game-Changers – Forter

Published: January 8, 2025 Reading time: 4 minute read Written by: Forter Team As we look ahead to NRF 2025, one theme resonates: bold strategies will

Financial Scams

Mortgage Lenders Must Comply with the Law, Not Invent Loopholes

Today, the CFPB released a report, consumer advisory, and amicus brief on home equity contracts—often called home equity “investments.” These relatively new financial products can

Fraud of the Day

From The Inside Looking Out | Texas | SNAP and Identity Theft Fraud

On January 6, 2025, the Texas Attorney General’s Office announced a data breach that impacted 61,104 account holders who had either applied for or received

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Unauthorized Health Plan Switching | Iowa Fraud Fighters

Individual health insurance is insurance you purchase yourself – not through an employer or provided through a government health insurance program. Individual health insurance policies come

Fraud Intelligence Fraud of the Day

Fraud Detection Using Machine Learning

Your Rights as a Data Subject: By law, you can ask us what information we hold about you, and you can ask us to correct

Mail Fraud

Preventing Fraud in a Law Practice – Fraud Files Blog

One of the last places you’d expect to find fraud is in a law practice. Like accounting, the practice of law is a profession in