ONLINE BANKING SCAMS

There is a broad range of online scams that fall under this category not all covered in this section as we have segmented them for your easy reference, they are “Work from Home” “Online Banking” and “Online Dating” for further information. 

Digital transformation is the leading cause of exponential growth in online fraud. Banks are supposed to be ahead of the criminals however many banks themselves, do not implement enough security protocols to safeguard their customers money, which results in massive losses per year. The banks are supposed to be agile and adapt far quicker to the changing digital landscape as well as implement robust security for their customers. It has been reported that the median loss from online banking scams has been anywhere from $1000’s to hundreds of $1000’s per person, and many customers may never recover their money.

In recent years there has been a significant increase in large data breaches which have lead to millions of peoples private data being released into the public domain and sold on the dark web. Some of the biggest companies in the world have been breached most notably British Airways, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, eBay, Google+, Marriott International, Quora, Saks, T-Mobile and Yahoo. Resulting in private customer data being used to conduct online banking fraud.

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Below we take a deeper look at some of the most common types of scams. You should be aware that this is not an extensive list, and scammers are constantly developing new techniques.

Authorized Push Payment Fraud

Authorized Push Payments (APP) fraud occurs when scammer deceive consumers or individuals at a business to send them a payment under false pretenses, to a bank account controlled by the scammer.

This can be as simple as requesting payment for goods that do not exist, invoices are issued for services which have not been carried out, or if, for example, a companies online banking account has been hacked or intercepted.

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Deposit Refund Scam

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