identity theft

TransUnion: Shipping fraud (+780%) led digital fraud growth in 2021

By Jeff Domansky

May 9, 2022

Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

by Jeff Domansky According to TransUnion’s latest annual fraud survey, fraudsters are finding new ways to scam merchants and consumers, leading to a new growth industry. Overall fraud ...

US identity fraud losses spiral to $52 billion

By Jeff Domansky

March 31, 2022

Credit Card & Online Fraud Payments Research

By Jeff Domansky The fraud landscape shifted dramatically as criminals boldly increased the hijacking of victims’ online lives with the cost of fraud jumping to $52 billion according ...

US identity theft jumps as e-commerce grows

By Jeff Domansky

March 17, 2021

Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity

By Jeff Domansky, March 17, 2021 New research from Aite Group shows 47% of US consumers experienced financial identity theft (application fraud in their name or account takeover) ...

Are tax pros ready for a new breed of tax fraudsters?

By Jeff Domansky

April 23, 2019

Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity Slider

With the April 15 US tax deadline passed, were tax professionals really ready for a new breed of tax fraudsters? We’re not talking about the President and his ...

Nearly half billion US personal records stolen in 2018

By Jeff Domansky

February 4, 2019

Credit Card & Online Fraud Cybersecurity Slider

There’s good news and bad news about identity theft in 2018 according to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). The good news is the number ...

Experian: 2017 Online Shopping Fraud Up 30%

By Jeff Domansky

April 20, 2018

Credit Card & Online Fraud E-commerce Slider

Russian hackers and trolls may have received all the media coverage in 2017 but it was Chinese and Venezuelan hackers who carried out the most e-commerce fraud in ...