{"id":471327,"date":"2021-04-06T06:03:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=471327"},"modified":"2021-04-06T06:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:03:18","slug":"one-year-after-covid-19-pandemic-declared-new-transunion-research-shows-digital-fraud-attempts-from-canada-have-increased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/one-year-after-covid-19-pandemic-declared-new-transunion-research-shows-digital-fraud-attempts-from-canada-have-increased\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year after COVID-19 Pandemic Declared, New TransUnion Research Shows Digital Fraud Attempts from Canada Have Increased"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\nRate of digital fraud attempts against businesses up 26% from Canada when comparing pre-pandemic to pandemic levels<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>TORONTO, April  06, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; TransUnion\u2019s (NYSE: TRU) latest quarterly analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters in Canada are increasing their digital schemes against businesses. In addition, TransUnion\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=vrV-kgdDcVUxqevM2nDET6GHBkCGeaLlP5AHJYBI5-fXqHxqdFPdMR1O45-o2F0SuNHDml_Bce0wEGr_4xSYjND0eJjoXDMalWju5NB0aLKOMhlAPh4GXGUb0VGSgvrLZYqG7izy1AxP12jKpX4hJEUt8RWJvbZydRpPmdZ496dqLSWJ-Bd3xLtBLDWMPNb7PA1hso_BIwEz4ekbGUcByytO7SsNhqIw05jgoGT2J9jCvpmewcAhaR5KYd6L9aFo_RJmV6FZc-qI8ZeeawQajj7UfBu-tZ-YPtd8xH3kA1zLXwuRLaxuu21qcPBXV7Dr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Canada Consumer Pulse Study<\/a> found that 34% of Canadian consumers have recently been targeted by digital fraud.<\/p>\n<p>TransUnion came to its conclusions about fraud against businesses based on intelligence from billions of transactions and more than 40,000 websites and apps contained in its flagship identity proofing, risk-based authentication and fraud analytics solution suite \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=um7DoxuFJ-L9nnK7KIe4Bvu0WOugkolF2iEnhJcGSwU8u84PZXoFjNfVZ8VDPiOooD_WI_AByQFytxStXfqNVhoqWocfR3-ap8z7316nW6G2RuZ2PKl2Qg0-9nqbbkT0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TransUnion TruValidate\u2122<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>It found the percent of suspected fraudulent digital transaction attempts<sup>1<\/sup> against businesses originating from Canada increased 26% when comparing the following two periods: Period #1 (March 11, 2019 and March 10, 2020); Period #2 (March 11, 2020 \u2013 when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic \u2013 and March 10, 2021). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFraudsters are always looking to take advantage of significant world events. The COVID-19 pandemic and its corresponding rapid digital acceleration brought about by stay-at-home orders is a global event unrivaled in the online age,\u201d said Anne-Marie Kelly, head of Market Development, Identity Management and Fraud Solutions at TransUnion. \u201cBy analyzing billions of transactions we assessed fraud indicators over the past year, it has become clear that the war against the virus has also brought about a war against digital fraud.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>TransUnion found the Canadian cities with the highest percent of suspected fraudulent digital transactions were: 1) Longueuil, 2) Quebec City and 3) Montreal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <em>Consumers Targeted by COVID-19 Schemes<\/em><br \/>\n        <\/strong><br \/>\n        <br \/>TransUnion\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=LNs8Rfp3PseHsnB1ajaTAoxH6oTp_9SfQgGQPfpBFhVa97aSy9d4H9XRgsqvUow3kdkFC1iRtVH0kfJ8eUZtm1Q_zlbFQGw-pqz5gImcR-afSMaISHLS0w_CNRpupXAhprUsK0wj5AliXA7zDTFMkC-ZDQI1ZSy6geWmjIPSLYsfpCbawh1XVHSjjG4-TCvyLRM66we1pRQR-CM-vrwq8LFTaD-VVr-ILueQbo43WmgV_E9qcHDJM4Y7JJAJNkqqgSbeOs2b72l-9WxOPw1zBDOcOItzdr4XkAueXsyoOReHAf8RVioORI2DXDYRos2_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Global Consumer Pulse Study<\/a> also found that the 34% of Canadian consumers who said they are being targeted by digital fraud related to COVID-19 in the last three months is higher than approximately one year ago. In April 2020, 28% said they had been targeted by digital fraud related to COVID-19.<br \/>Gen Z, comprised of people born between 1995-2002, is currently the most targeted out of any generation at 49% of those surveyed. They are followed by Gen X, born 1965\u20131979, which have been targeted 34%.<\/p>\n<p>Among consumers in Canada who reported being targeted with digital COVID-19 schemes, the top pandemic-themed scam is phishing with 44% saying they were hit with it. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Examining Fraud Types and Their Impact on Industries<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Globally, TransUnion analyzed the below industries for a change in the percent of suspected digital fraud attempts against them, comparing the periods of March 11, 2019-March 10, 2020 and March 11, 2020-March 10, 2021.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n        <strong>Suspected Digital Fraud Attempt Rate Post-Pandemic Declaration<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Industry<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Suspected fraud change <br \/>coming from Canada<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Global suspected fraud <br \/>change for industry<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Top type of <br \/>fraud globally<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"max-width:28%;width:28%;min-width:28%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Telecommunications<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12%;min-width:12%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">997.49%<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:12%;width:12%;min-width:12%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">57.52%<\/td>\n<td style=\"max-width:24%;width:24%;min-width:24%;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Credit Card Fraud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Financial Services<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">159.63%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">57.49%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Identity Theft<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Logistics<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">64.21%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">4.87%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Shipping Fraud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Retail<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">29.66%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">38.71%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Promotion Abuse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Gambling<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">6.47%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">54.81%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Policy\/License Agreement Violations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Communities <br \/><\/strong>(online dating, forums, etc.)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">-12.95%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">-11.10%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Profile Misrepresentation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Travel &amp; Leisure<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">-14.86<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">29.68%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Credit Card Fraud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Insurance<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">-21.76<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">32.52%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Ghost Broking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">\n            <strong>Gaming<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">-34.05<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;vertical-align: top;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle\">48.40%<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: top\">Gold Farming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>For more details about TransUnion\u2019s recent global digital fraud findings, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=Dd5vzdLa0Ax9Ku-nl8YkrPGjo36-LDLVZIuu78uqk5rM94p4k6HCKGHHloBiDhccUty4DK5785fIF0KKU_0nZrFIAOQxcPCjoQd24w-OL7f2rMAhHXpZKVZZRXuSCtMi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">this blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About TransUnion (NYSE: TRU)<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible in the modern economy. We do this by providing a comprehensive picture of each person so they can be reliably and safely represented in the marketplace. As a result, businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good.\u00ae TransUnion provides solutions that help create economic opportunity, great experiences and personal empowerment for hundreds of millions of people in more than 30 countries. Our customers in Canada comprise some of the nation\u2019s largest banks and card issuers, and TransUnion is a major credit reporting, fraud, and analytics solutions provider across the finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, government and insurance sectors.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________<\/p>\n<p>\n        <sup>1<\/sup> The percent or rate of suspected fraudulent digital transaction attempts are those that TransUnion\u2019s customers either denied or reviewed due to fraudulent indicators compared to all transactions it assessed for fraud<\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>Contact:<br \/><\/strong>Fiona Bang<br \/>Phone &#8211;\u00a0647-680-2885<br \/>Email &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=sdpAcd7qGKirDUwn4pq7f8Ur-Eay0syQ7E0Vg7nH8cMM8ZOERBy8cgtqZKIT7uEn4fjXAT6sBlGhrSU5tibceQEGa9vXw7uYWx7oXuhbB5I=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fiona.bang@ketchum.com<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=0s6mTbMj6jgS4TwcdP8yMf-oUdbLJyNxI_to3uSlj6I-NHwGselpXhXW0oKU7KbhO71SrTQfUrmPN7ton30Bxg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODIxMDU2MiM0MTAzMDg5IzIwMDk4NzQ=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/ffd9a06c-006a-4c4e-87fc-48d43a303a61\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rate of digital fraud attempts against businesses up 26% from Canada when comparing pre-pandemic to pandemic levels TORONTO, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; TransUnion\u2019s (NYSE: TRU) latest quarterly analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters in Canada are increasing their digital schemes against businesses. In addition, TransUnion\u2019s recent Canada Consumer Pulse Study found that 34% of Canadian consumers have recently been targeted by digital fraud. TransUnion came to its conclusions about fraud against businesses based on intelligence from billions of transactions and more than 40,000 websites and apps contained in its flagship identity proofing, risk-based authentication and fraud analytics solution suite \u2013 TransUnion TruValidate\u2122. It found the percent of suspected fraudulent digital &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/one-year-after-covid-19-pandemic-declared-new-transunion-research-shows-digital-fraud-attempts-from-canada-have-increased\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One Year after COVID-19 Pandemic Declared, New TransUnion Research Shows Digital Fraud Attempts from Canada Have Increased&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One Year after COVID-19 Pandemic Declared, New TransUnion Research Shows Digital Fraud Attempts from Canada Have Increased - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/one-year-after-covid-19-pandemic-declared-new-transunion-research-shows-digital-fraud-attempts-from-canada-have-increased\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"One Year after COVID-19 Pandemic Declared, New TransUnion Research Shows Digital Fraud Attempts from Canada Have Increased - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rate of digital fraud attempts against businesses up 26% from Canada when comparing pre-pandemic to pandemic levels TORONTO, April 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; TransUnion\u2019s (NYSE: TRU) latest quarterly analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters in Canada are increasing their digital schemes against businesses. 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