Some people are treating credit card chargebacks like their own personal side hustle, even if the product or service they ...

It’s a young word with obscure origins. But the fact that it’s so common shows just how ubiquitous fraud seems today.

A new scam called ghost tapping is spreading across the country. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns that scammers are using this tactic to steal money from people who use tap-to-pay credit cards ...

Experts warn that a new scam isn't one you're hearing about. Some victims are losing money without even handing over their ...

Trade finance fraud is often discussed as a documentation problem. A forged invoice. A fake bill of lading. A duplicated document. A missing certificate. A mismatch between shipment and payment terms.

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage. Every year, the Federal Trade ...

CHICO — A reader recently sent me an email regarding an unusual transaction from her “bank” on a Sunday, which got me wondering: are certain scams more likely to appear outside of business hours? This ...

Retail has spent the last decade perfecting frictionless commerce through one-click checkouts, instant refunds and no-questions-asked returns. But the same systems designed to remove doubt and delay ...

Financial scams targeting seniors are exploding, with both the number of victims and dollar amount of losses doubling over the last four years, writes Rolland Johannsen, of Capital Performance Group.

Fraud is no longer a series of random and isolated incidents; it is continuous and coordinated. It happens in real time, and it does not pause for system maintenance, network outages, or cybersecurity ...

Fraud detection is a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with retail businesses continually adapting to outsmart increasingly sophisticated fraudsters. As ecommerce losses from online payment fraud ...

The 2023 LexisNexis True Cost of Fraud Study – Asia Pacific finds that fraud costs APAC-based businesses nearly quadruple the face value lost in fraudulent transactions. In Australia, 66% of companies ...