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In this timely episode of the Fraudology Podcast, Karisse Hendrick dives into the latest fraud trends and cybersecurity threats impacting e-commerce during the busy holiday shopping season. Hendrick shares surprising data from TransUnion showing a 30% decrease in fraud rates compared to last year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday period. She provides insider perspective on why fraud percentages may be lower, despite an increase in overall fraud instances, and compares this year's trends to previous holiday seasons.

The episode also covers a recent FBI warning about cybercriminals' increasing use of generative AI to enhance their fraud schemes, including creating more convincing phishing emails, fake social media profiles, and impersonation scams.

Hendrick breaks down the FBI's key tips for consumers to protect themselves, like using family code words and verifying callers' identities. For fraud prevention professionals, this episode offers valuable insights into evolving threats and defensive strategies as the holiday shopping season reaches its peak.

Tune in to stay ahead of the latest fraud trends and learn how AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape.

Fraudology is hosted by Karisse Hendrick, a fraud fighter with decades of experience advising hundreds of the biggest ecommerce companies in the world on fraud, chargebacks, and other forms of abuse impacting a company's bottom line.

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She brings her experience, expertise, and extensive network of experts to this podcast semi weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays.