Scams targeting homeowners facing foreclosure are some of the most common types of mortgage fraud. Both borrowers and homeowners can commit mortgage fraud — or they can be victims of it. Lying on your ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

If you’ve seen the TV commercials over the years about people falling victim to identity theft, often unexpectedly, then you may be familiar with financial fraud. Financial fraud occurs when money or ...

Car insurance fraud costs policyholders up to $700 each year — even if they’ve never been involved in an insurance scam. Policyholders should be aware of common insurance scams run by agents and ...

WalletHub reports gift card sales will increase by 7% in 2024. For many, you can't go wrong giving a gift card, but that ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

In the second quarter of 2022, 0.76% of mortgage applications (1 in 131) contained instances of fraud, down from the same period last year Despite the decrease in overall mortgage fraud risk, both ...

This type of fraud can cause major problems for smaller companies that lack the controls to prevent them and rely on non-specialist, junior staff to make payments. CASE STUDY Invoice fraud A company ...

Technology will have a huge role to play in fraud detection with GenAI and consortium analytics shown to have the most promise The NICE Actimize “2025 EMEA Financial Fraud Trends and Investment ...

The rise in bank fraud has reached unprecedented levels, with a 70% increase in just one year, resulting in $5.8 billion in losses. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), this surge has ...