Tag: Fraud
AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win ‘arms...
Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School and Nathan Sanders, Harvard University
In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped...
Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you...
Rahul Telang, Carnegie Mellon University
Scams are nothing new – fraud has existed as long as human greed. What...
Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research
Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse
Gift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators...
Dr. David P. Weber, Salisbury University and Jake Bernstein, The Conversation
Wednesday morning, the day before Thanksgiving, Mae awoke,...
Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank...
In January 2020, Debi Gamber studied a computer screen filled with information on scores of check deposits. As...
How to protect yourself from drop account fraud – tips from...
Kurt Eichenwald, The Conversation
The types of crimes that use drop accounts are multiplying rapidly, but there are ways...
Insurance fraud costs $309 billion a year – nearly $1,000 for...
Michael Skiba, Colorado State University Global
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What would you do with an extra...
Donor beware: Pause before you give to any cause
Sarah Webber, University of Dayton
The public’s trust in nonprofits declined from 59% in 2020 to 56% in 2022,...
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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
