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Digital Planet: Scammers scamming the scammers

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Scammers scamming the scammers

08/09/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Digital Planet, Scammers scamming the scammers

How leaked conversations from online forums show credit card thieves conning each other.

Listening in on fraudsters selling stolen identity information. As well as how migrants transfer money across borders during lockdown, and the good/bad of frictionless-pay.

(Dis)honour amongst thieves 
Cyber criminals use online forums to sell stolen identity information and other illicit goods. Alex Kigerl, a criminologist at Washington State University explains how a recent leak from two such forums allowed him to identify different types of criminals, with implications for online policing. 

Migrant money
The pandemic has made it harder for migrants to send money home, forcing some to use criminal networks to avoid expensive bank fees. But new digital platforms are creating safer and cheaper options - as Digital Planet reporters Benjamin Breitegger and Katharina Kropshofer find out.

Frictech
Imagine being able to pay with nothing more than a smile – frictionless technology (frictech) aims to make financial transactions as smooth and easy as that. Anders Hartington from Sao Paulo based firm Unike Technologies gives listeners a vision of the future from this fast developing technology.

The programmes is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary by Angelica Mari.

(Image: Cyber crime. Credit: Getty images)                                       

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