Fraudology Podcast with Karisse Hendrick

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai If you enjoy listening to two passionate fraud-fighters "geeking out" about various fraud strategies...you will thoroughly enjoy this episode! Today, Karisse Hendrick speaks with Doriel Abrahams, Head of Risk for the US at Forter. Starting with how his passion for acting and linguistics/neuroscience prepared him for his...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai This week, we've switched up the schedule to keep the episodes on refund claims fraud (refund fraud) consecutive. So while we'll learn from a fraud-fighting veteran on Thursday, today is a solo episode. Today, host Karisse Hendrick will walk you through the 5 core methods (or categories) that Refund Claims Fraudsters exp...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai Dajana Gajic-Fisic, Head of eCommerce Risk Management at Finish Line is back for a follow-up conversation w/ Karisse about Refund Claim Fraud (RCF). Dajana provides insights on how merchants can address refund fraud and the importance of solving, not just stopping, it. She also shares that as you begin to measure losses,...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick is joined by Dajana Gajic-Fisic, Head of eCommerce Risk Management at Finish Line, to talk about a "new" form of fraud that they've gotten to know a lot about over the last 3 years. -Refund Claims Fraud (aka: Refund Fraud).In part 1 of this two part discussion, Dajana...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick first shares the 16 biggest buzzwords in online fraud (as determined by crowd-sourcing suggestions & votes) that made up the 2023 Buzzword Bracket for "March Madness" in fraud. And, some of the reasons why these industry terms often cause massive eye-rolls among fr...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai On today's episode of Fraudology, Karisse sits down with Alan Buck, Head of E-Commerce Fraud, Organized Retail Crime, and Corporate Investigations at Bed, Bath & Beyond. Alan explains how his career path provided him with a new perspective & a proven track record of success to approach his most recent role as the...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this solo episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick starts out by providing the story behind the launch of her new company "Silver Bullet" and it's new fraud detection solution, "The Fraudinator". -Which was all an elaborate April Fool's prank (Shoutout to her partner-in-pranks, Frank McKenna). She felt bad for eve...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai Frank McKenna, the expert behind the popular "Frank on Fraud" blog and Chief Fraud Strategist at PointPredictive stops by to discuss a recent report published by Hindenberg research (A short-selling company intent on exposing fraud for corporate gains) that caused quite a few conversations & headlines within the onli...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai It's been just 3 weeks since the sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. In this solo episode of Fraudology, Karisse shares some of the opportunistic fraud methods deployed toward SVB banking clients, other banks & financial institutions welcoming new business bank accounts opened quickly, and schemes targeting the A...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, Karisse gets to talk with someone she has long admired, but just got to meet for this episode, cybersecurity expert Laura Mather. Laura is a true "OG" in online fraud prevention, and she shares some crazy stories about the very beginning of internet fraud from her days as the first "Trust &...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai David Maimon is back (after Tuesday's episode) with even more insightful observations from his team's research of the cybercrime ecosystem. He first shares what the "Evidence Based Cybersecurity Research Group" at Georgia State University has observed about different groups & types of groups of cybercriminals. Includ...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, cybercrime expert & head of the Evidenced Based CyberSecurity Research Group at Georgia State University, David Maimon shares insights on collecting data from the darknet, identifying emerging trends systematically, and how the cybercrime industry has changed in the last 5 years. As he...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of the Fraudology Podcast, host Karisse Hendrick discusses the importance of having a relationship manager on your side and the true extent of corporate fraud, especially during economic downturns. Additionally, she touches on Facebook's impact on technology and how fraudsters present massive opportunitie...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this special live recording from the MRC event, Karisse Hendrick brings together a group of six merchant fraud fighters to share their experiences and insights from the "Superbowl" of fraud prevention (the annual MRC conference in Las Vegas) in the ever-evolving world of e-commerce. -AFTER 5 full days & nights of...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this solo episode, Karisse dives deep into the world of social engineering and how fraudsters use it to gain access to customers' accounts. She explores the motivations behind social engineering and why it's such an effective tool for fraudsters. Karisse also discusses the waves of social engineering attacks that reta...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai Even if you don't fight fraud for a living - you will enjoy this episode! In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick sits down with Robert Kerbeck, the Author of the book "Ruse: Lying, The American Dream. From Hollywood to Wall Street" to talk about social engineering and how easy it can be to get closely guard...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai For online fraud-fighters who have been in this industry for more than a decade, we've seen a lot of big changes in the 3rd-party vendor landscape. New technology innovations and additional needs of the buyers, along with a great deal of venture capital funding, have ushered in a lot of new vendor companies, and a lot of...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai On this episode of Fraudology, Andrew Austin, the Senior Manager of Fraud Technology at Carmax, shares his unique career journey & how it prepared him for his current role, overseeing fraud product/technology for the first & largest omnichannel auto dealer in the US. Andrew also talks a bit about creating a "miss...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai One of the main reasons that bad actors continue to innovate & exploit the vulnerabilities of online companies is their commitment to collaboration. They know that one bad actor alone can’t have all of the skills or the time needed to take advantage of multiple systems & steal Billions of dollars annually from e-...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai Often, leaders of fraud departments will say something to the effect of "My biggest adversaries aren't the bad actors trying to commit fraud against our organization; they're within my company and work within other departments that will often sabotage us or not understand our roles, which can lead to more problems than a...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick continues the conversation (started on episode 169) by Matt Vega, Head of Fraud Strategy and Sidharth Shah, Sr. Product Manager, both at Novo.co, a fintech that provides financial products to start-ups & SMBs. In this episode, Matt & Sid share their experiences...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai On this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick speaks with Matt Vega and Sidharth Shah about their experiences building a fraud strategy and operations for the fintech company, Novo. Matt and Sid discuss the unique challenges they faced in creating a strategy for a unique customer base that uses unverifiable data,...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, host Karisse Hendrick is joined by Shoshana Maraney , to discuss the challenges faced by fraud prevention professionals in an era of increased uncertainty, and the project they've recently finished that they hope will become a helpful gift to the fraud-fighting community. Shoshana & Kar...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai It seems like everyone in tech, and especially within the niche of the anti-fraud industry, is exceptionally overwhelmed and stressed out. On today's episode of Fraudology, Karisse discusses the impact of stress and burnout on the fraud-fighting community, sharing her own experiences of burnout and how it led to both pos...

Fraudology is presented by Sardine . Request a 1:1 product demo at sardine.ai In this episode of Fraudology, Karisse delves into the topic of employment scams and how they are rapidly affecting the online world. These scams are becoming more prevalent and have a profound impact on both individuals and businesses. Not only do they have financial consequences for vulnerable, job-seeking victims, but...