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‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms

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Business enterprise compromise (BEC) scams are crossing borders, where fraudsters in Africa are targeting U.S. As reported by Threatpost , earlier this month, researchers in London identified a cybersecurity gang that has evolved markedly in scale. The fraud evolved into romance scams a few years later, then BEC scams in 2015.

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The Coronavirus And The Fizzle Of Barren Store Shelves

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The Cost of Love: Broken hearts club: Consumers report losing more than $200 million to romance scams last year, as estimated by the FTC. B2B Targeted: The FBI reports that Business email compromise (BEC) scams are on the rise. billion in losses were due to BEC fraud last year. That’s up 40 percent over 2018.