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October 25, 2018

How Do You Fight a $12B Fraud Problem? One Scammer at a Time

This post was originally published on this siteThe fraudsters behind the often laughable Nigerian prince email scams have long since branched out into far more serious and lucrative forms of fraud, including account takeovers, phishing, dating scams, and malware deployment. Combating such a multifarious menace can seem daunting, and it calls for concerted efforts to tackle the problem from many different angles. This post examines the work of a large, private group of volunteers dedicated to doing just that. According to the most recent statistics from the FBI‘s Internet Crime Complaint Center, the most costly form of cybercrime stems from […]