Q: What motivates your crusade to root out fraud?
A: As America celebrates the 250th year of our nation’s independence, we’re obligated – as 21st century beneficiaries of our 18th century patriotic predecessors – to protect and uphold the American experiment for future generations. The brave patriots who declared independence from the powerful British empire pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor on a piece of parchment paper to secure the blessings of freedom. By rebuking tyranny, they placed liberty in the hands of the people through our system of self-government. This bold experiment was unique in human history and challenges each successive generation to rise to the test of civic virtue for the public good. That includes fighting fraud that undermines faith in government.
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Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.