Detecting and Preventing Fraud

The last two years have accelerated the adoption of fintech solutions across all businesses for a digital-first approach their customers, but with this came the rapid rise of fraud.
Online Fraud reported by consumers: 2019, 1.9 billion dollars. 2020, 3.3 billion dollars. 2021, 5.9 billion dollars. 2022, 8.8 billion dollars.Online Fraud reported by consumers: 2019, 1.9 billion dollars. 2020, 3.3 billion dollars. 2021, 5.9 billion dollars. 2022, 8.8 billion dollars.

Marketplace Fraud is a big deal.

Marketplaces have to walk a fine line between being easy to use and protecting their communities.

2%

of all user generated content is fradulent

$392M

in losses from consumers shopping online in 2021

60%

the amount users reduced their spending after an ATO attack

Impact of Fraud on Business & Users

The impact of fraud globally in 2022 and the projected value in 2023:

$41 billion in 2022
Projected to be $48 Billion in 2023
Customers lost $8.8bn in 2022
Source

Fraud Schemes That Impact Businesses

Fraudsters don’t wake up thinking about what type of fraud to use. They identify weaknesses in a business and deploy fraud vectors for the fastest impact.

First-Party Fraud

First-party fraud is when the actual account holder or identity owner is also the bad actor committing the fraud. 

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Types of First-Party Fraud

New Account Fraud - Account owner is involved in the fraud scheme.

Money Mule - Account Owner is being controlled by a bad actor without knowledge.

Bust Out Fraud - Many accounts linked to the same account in a short period of time.

ACH - Fraudulent transfer of funds through the ACH Network using account details.
Types of Third-Party Fraud

Account Takeover
-  Identity theft where fraudsters use compromised credentials to log in to a service.

Payments - Unauthorized purchases made with stolen account information.

Fake Accounts - Abuse of promotional offers by businesses that attract fake and spoofed accounts from fraudsters.

Third-Party Fraud

Third-party fraud is fraud committed against organization or merchant by an unrelated or unknown third-party.

Being able to stop fraud requires real-time monitoring of data and the ability to modify rules instantly. See how Unit21 can help:

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Stop Bad Actors and
Empower Fraud Professionals

Your fraud professionals need a flexible infrastructure like Unit21 for monitoring users in real-time to identify suspicious activity and prevent fraud losses.

Monitoring Users in Real Time

  • Ingest any type of data into a central location to streamline investigations

  • Get immediate notifications & block suspicious transactions before they are authorized

  • Visualize all your ingested user data in one place for 360 degree view of user activities

Reduce False Positives

  • Create, test & launch new rules within minutes

  • Quickly iterate on & test rules without vendor assistance

  • Machine Learning to aid alert prioritization, reduce investigation time, and prevent backlogs

Investigations and Recovery

  • Aggregate data dashboard with visualizations for monitoring

  • Instantly modify alerts and rules as fraud vectors are detected

  • Review transactional data, alerts and users to conduct fraud investigations to aid in loss recovery

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