fraud prevention

Identity Theft on the Rise: Authentication Strategies Must Adapt to User Needs

Identity Theft on the Rise: Authentication Strategies Must Adapt to User Needs

• Digital ID

It’s no wonder that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) logged more than 1.1 million instances of identity theft last year. This disturbing statistic underscores the immediate need for companies to make their authentication measures more robust. Businesses now must walk a fine line between security and customer experience. As authentication...

7 Reasons Why AI Identity Verification is a DeFi Disaster Waiting to Happen

7 Reasons Why AI Identity Verification is a DeFi Disaster Waiting to Happen

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DeFi. Decentralized Finance. It’s supposed to be our fintech revolution, after all, isn’t it? Untethered from the scrutinizing gaze and necessarily heavy hand of these centralized institutions. But here's the uncomfortable truth: the rush to inject AI into DeFi identity verification is a dangerous game. We’re not debating an inconvenient...

Real Estate Cyber Fraud: Is Digital Identity the Answer?

Real Estate Cyber Fraud: Is Digital Identity the Answer?

• Writer's Block

The real estate industry is swimming in very deep shark-infested waters these days when it comes to security. Deals routinely include six or seven-figure dollar amounts, an irresistible target for the fraudulent. But these bad actors are always changing their tactics. Today, they use more advanced tools such as AI-enabled...

7 Ways Digital IDs Can Stop Real Estate Cyber Fraud NOW

7 Ways Digital IDs Can Stop Real Estate Cyber Fraud NOW

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And these laws have compounded the failure in Australian real estate, which is under siege. Not from rising interest rates, but from something far more insidious: cyber fraud. We’re about stopping these scams, which are ripping off Australians to the tune of millions but are fuelling transnational organized crime. Mosley...

Cybercrime on the Rise: Identity Fraud Set to Surge in 2025

Cybercrime on the Rise: Identity Fraud Set to Surge in 2025

• Digital ID

With each day that passes, the face of cybercrime becomes more advanced and pervasive, offering new and complex threats to American citizens and businesses. The economic impact of cybercrime is absolutely shocking, with some estimates predicting the annual costs to exceed $10.5 trillion. This increase is fueled by technology-intensive methods...

Persona CEO Foresees Bots Surpassing Fraudsters as Primary Digital Identity Threat

Persona CEO Foresees Bots Surpassing Fraudsters as Primary Digital Identity Threat

• Digital ID

The digital landscape is going through a radical shift right now. As Rick Song, CEO of Persona told me, bots are on their way to becoming the largest threat to digital identity—overtaking even fraudsters. This transformation is driven by the increasing sophistication of artificial intelligence (AI) and its widespread deployment...

Forewarn Aims to Combat Real Estate Fraud with Digital Identity Verification

Forewarn Aims to Combat Real Estate Fraud with Digital Identity Verification

• Digital ID

Forewarn, an identity verification and risk assessment company. It’s helping New Jersey real estate agents by equipping them with robust tools to verify identities of clients and conduct property buyer criminal history checks. Forewarn, a subsidiary of the analytics company Red Violet, is shaking things up in the real estate...

Real Estate vs. Fraud: How Digital IDs are Winning the War

Real Estate vs. Fraud: How Digital IDs are Winning the War

• Writer's Block

The value of real estate—the bedrock of American wealth and security—is constantly being undermined by waves of complex identity fraud. Eloise Grant is interested in how blockchain may be used to develop digital identity. On the ground, she’s seen a concerning uptick in scams targeting prospective homeowners. Similarities range from...

3 Ways FCT & Interac's Partnership Could Save Real Estate From Fraud

3 Ways FCT & Interac's Partnership Could Save Real Estate From Fraud

• Callout

Real estate dreams, for many, become nightmares. It's not always about leaky roofs or hidden mold. Sometimes, it's far more sinister: fraud. We’ve all read the nightmare tales. Families have lost their life savings, had their identities hijacked and even had their homes seized through intricate scams. It makes you...

5 Biometric Myths Fueling AI Fraud's Rise (and How to Fight Back)

5 Biometric Myths Fueling AI Fraud's Rise (and How to Fight Back)

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We’re in the digital Wild West, friends. We know that AI is growing at warp speed and with it comes fantastic innovative opportunities. It’s supercharging fraud in ways we could never have imagined. One of the supposed silver bullets? Biometrics. Here's the uncomfortable truth: our reliance on biometrics is built...

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5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Remember the early days of the internet? Wild West, right? That’s how DeFi seemed just a few years ago. “Rug pulls” started entering the broader crypto lexicon. That’s starting to change and for the better. We know regulation can be a buzzkill but it’s the only way to find out...

5 Ways Crypto Regulation Unleashes DeFi's Trillion-Dollar Future

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol opened the doors to its fast and secure decentralized ID service on June 26. The H token saw its value explode following a successful “Fairdrop” to early users and supporters. The H token, meanwhile, has seen a 40% price surge over the last 24 hours. The flood, of...

Humanity Protocol's H Token Skyrockets After Fairdrop Launch

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

The crypto world loves a good narrative, and Humanity Protocol's H token is dripping with one: a fairdrop revolution. Yet the promise is unmistakable. We will fight to reclaim airdrops from the arms of the bot armies and restore them to actual, live human beings. The method? Palm scans. Yes,...

Humanity Protocol's H Token A Fairdrop Revolution or Just Hype?

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

A billion-dollar valuation for the ability to palm scan? No joke. While everyone’s chasing the next crypto unicorn, I can’t shake the feeling we're blindly galloping towards a future where our bodies are the ultimate key – and the ultimate target. Humanity Protocol’s H token has skyrocketed, partially fueled by...

Humanity Protocol's Palm Scan ID: Privacy Savior or Dystopian Nightmare?

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

It’s that same sort of exuberance you felt when you first heard about the metaverse. The fulfillment of digital utopia, being in touch with everyone on planet Earth through expansive online metaverses, creating prosperous virtual societies? It sounded revolutionary. Now, look at Horizon Worlds. Clunky avatars, digital tumbleweeds, and a...

Meta's Metaverse Flop Proves Zuck Can't Handle Our Digital Future

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Zuckerberg wants AGI. Personal superintelligence, he calls it. An AI that essentially runs your life. Sounds convenient, right? Maybe. But let's be brutally honest: entrusting the keys to your existence to a single, centralized entity – especially one with Zuckerberg's track record – is a recipe for disaster. Well, it’s...

Zuckerberg's AGI Dream Is A Decentralization Nightmare: Here's Why

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

Just as Mark Zuckerberg made headlines with a big pivot to the now overly-hyped Metaverse, he’s undertaking another big pivot. He’s recently been exploring the thrilling worlds of AI and AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). After the hype and billions of dollars, Meta’s Metaverse projects—especially Horizon Worlds—have found difficulty in attracting...

Metaverse Flop to AI Domination? Zuck's Next Power Play

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories

Calloutcoin.com aspires to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving marketplace of blockchain and crypto. We provide rigorous research on NFT standards, metaverse technology, digital identity solutions and the most recent DeFi innovations. Today, it's time to dive into Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP) NFTs, a unique way to...

POAP NFTs: Your Digital Ticket to Collectible Memories