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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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Secret Service Launches Task Force To Fight Cyber Fraud

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As a result, the Secret Service has disrupted hundreds of online coronavirus-related scams, investigated cyber fraud cases, put a stop to sales of stolen COVID-19 test kits, prevented tens of millions of dollars in fraud from occurring and is leading the nation’s effort to combat unemployment payment fraud, the Secret Service said in the release.