The Online Fraudcast with Brett Johnson & Karisse Hendrick

Collaboration in fraud fighting is essential, and on this episode, Brett & Karisse explain why it's important and various ways to collaborate within the industry. But first, they start off with a "What The Fraud" segment that involves El Chapo, Pre-paid debit cards and Brett being offered a job by the Sinaloa Drug Cartel! 

One of the main factors that contributed to Brett's success as a fraudster, was collaboration with his peers. Mostly on online forums, but also in person, online fraudsters share everything with each other. From which companies are the easiest to target, to the specific methods of various fraud strategies to online tutorials that include a glossary and tests. But, for the "good guys", it's much harder to collaborate with each other. It's equally just as important to share best practices, new fraud tactics that you're experiencing and which tools work best for which issues as it is for the "bad guys" to share with each other. But, privacy policies, competitive advantages and PR restrictions, it can be a challenge. Though difficult, it's not impossible and creating opportunities for merchant collaboration has been a passion project in Karisse's career, and it's become a topic important to Brett as well, and they share some of the ways they suggest to learn from others in the industry.

Brett & Karisse will be recording an episode of Online FraudCast live at CNP Expo 2019, May 22-23 in San Francisco. Join them! Use promo code " FCast "to save 10% off Early Bird registration until April 5.  www.CNPExpo.com

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One of the most requested topics for this podcast has been around chargebacks. Listeners have even started referring to this as Karisse's "favorite subject" (it's definitely high on the list!). While an hour is a short amount of time to try to explain everything about chargebacks, this should be a good primer to get you thinking about your company's chargeback strategy. As much of a pain as they are, they can also have value in providing business intelligence to your company and internal processes, as well as a way to track your team's progress and efforts, as you see incoming chargeback volume reduced and recovered chargeback revenue increased. 

In this solo episode, Karisse discusses the overall chargeback process, as well as her own philosophy on chargeback management, which has been validated over 14 years of experience in chargeback reduction and recovery. 

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Fake IDs are used for much more than minors trying to sneak in to bars. -And it's a subject Brett has been dying to talk about on the podcast for the last few weeks! But first, Brett & Karisse discuss last week's emotional episode and some of the responses of listeners. Then, they have two exciting announcements!

The main topic of this week's episode is how fake identity documentation is being used to commit fraud online. As more companies are turning to identity documentation verification services for fraud/Trust & Safety efforts, fraudsters have found ways to get around this. -And it might surprise you to learn what they're doing! Brett believes this is going to become a much bigger issue as 2019 continues and he explains what he's doing to further educate online fraud fighters on this topic, outside of the podcast.

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Brett & Karisse are both back and ready to catch everyone up on their lives from the last 2 weeks. Also, both hosts were recently interviewed for a large podcast (link below) and wanted to "clear the air" about a few things that were said on that show. Then, the episode takes a sharp left turn, with Brett opening up more than he ever has on this podcast about his past. This episode is emotional, honest and real.

 

**Child abuse is discussed in this episode; if this is something triggering or difficult for you to hear, please catch up on past episodes or catch next week's episode when we'll return to the subject of fraud

Slate Magazine's Decoder Ring episode about Brett:

Titled: The Grifter

https://slate.com/culture/2019/01/decoder-ring-brett-johnson-grifter.html

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This week, Brett took one for the team, recording by himself, while Karisse recovers from losing her voice. In this episode, Brett touches on several topics such as sophisticated vs. unsophisticated fraud, preparing your employees to protect your company against the most vulnerable attack methods and a deep dive in to NEW techniques being used to commit synthetic identity theft. -This is especially important for financial institutions, companies with lines of credit and merchants with private label cards. 

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Last week, news broke of a new cache of stolen PII data being released. "Collection #1" consisted of over 700 million e-mail addresses and over 20 million passwords. And, it was reported more collections (2-6) would be released soon. But, shortly after the news was announced, many experts reported the bulk of the data had already been released in to the dark markets, so the majority of the "Collection #1" data was "old". Many experts stated this wasn't a big deal because the information is already out. But, is this really no big deal for fraud?

Brett & Karisse asked friend of the podcast, Aaron Sherman, Senior Director of Cyber Threat Intelligence at Braintrace. aaron had a few days to look through the Colllection #1 data and shares observations he found, as well as insights that can be gained from this data that will continue to be useful for fraudsters to commit fraud. Password safety, employee training, credential stuffing and business email compromise are just a few of the topics discussed in this episode.

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Original Article Detailing Collection #1:

https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

Have I been pwned website:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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When a company first starts receiving fraudulent transactions on their website, it's usually fairly easy to spot (if you know what to look for). But, after awhile, the fraud tactics will get more sophisticated and frequent. When is that tipping point and what causes it? That's the main listener suggested question Brett and Karisse answer in this episode.  They also explore how a fraudster selects a new company to exploit and the things they look at to select the method they use and the information they buy. And, to demonstrate the way they do this, Brett uses the online rental websites as an example. -A business model Karisse knows all about and shares some of her experience & stories.

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Brett & Karisse dive in to one of the "Top CyberCrime Trends in 2019", fake reviews online. While not directly related to payment fraud, there are several connections to the methodology and goals of the perpetrators. -To create a perception of reality and a narrative to manipulate consumer behavior to their advantage. And if you're a company that allows consumer reviews on your website, chances are your fraud department oversees the integrity of these ads as well.

Then, Karisse tackles a question that was posed in an article last week (and a question she receives fairly often from merchants): Are AVS & CVV necessary in this day and age? Both hosts will discuss the benefits and challenges that come with utilizing these services in an online environment. The answers may surprise you!

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Brett & Karisse are both back from their travels & ready to dive in to talking about fraud. Brett starts out talking about his trip to speak at an International Security Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Then, he convinces Karisse to share how she helped a famous former athlete re-cover their social media account after it was compromised due to Account Takeover. 

They also share their suggestions for New Years resolutions for fraud prevention professionals, based their observations of the merchants that they work with and talk to. Working on any of these best practices will lead to more streamlined processes, business intelligence and optimized systems. 

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Brett is out of the country, so Karisse is on her own! Fraud Fighters often ask her about career growth & personal development in this emerging industry of fraud prevention, so she took this opportunity to give her thoughts & experience and some advice she's learned along the way. You're hear about her long & windy road that lead her to consulting & speaking at events, and some of the advice she has for those fraud fighters wanting to take that next step, whatever it is.

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