Could Social Media be Making You a Fraud Target? 
Many people view social media as an outlet to unwind and keep pace with social networks. But as you’re posting pictures on your handle and ...
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KBA Surveys May Become a Thing of the Past, Predicts Frank McKenna in April’s Auto Remarketing Magazine
The risk of identity fraud is increasing in the auto industry, shares Point Predictive’s co-founder and Chief Fraud Strategist Frank McKenna in the April 2023 ...
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Mortgage Lenders Should Be Aware of Risky Credit Repair Activity That Is Often Hidden From View
The FTC is cracking back at the growing problem of credit washing and people filing false identity theft claims on their website. Today, they obtained ...
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This Skyrocketing Type of Auto Loan Fraud is Flying Under-the-Radar
We’ve all seen the startling images online and on TV: brazen, smash-and-grab burglaries targeting retailers across the country. It’s no surprise these incidents catch our ...
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Fast Money, Fast Fraud Scams
The law of supply and demand determines the price of goods. In other words, the higher the demand, the higher the price. While this can ...
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Streamline Low Fraud Risk Loans? Focus on Low-Risk Scores
How can lenders more quickly book low fraud risk loans? It may require a mindset you haven’t considered. Consider this: At some point in your ...
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Geographic Fraud Risk: Fraudbot™ in Action
What is Geographic Risk and Why Should I Care? Certain geographic regions contain active fraud rings that find easy money through synthetic identities, stolen identities, ...
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FraudBot™ Unweaves Synthetic Identities
What Are Synthetic Identities? Synthetic identities are a combination of first name, last name, birth date, and social security number that have a credit history ...
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Identifying Portions of Employer Names that Frequently Appear on Fraudulent Loan Applications
Point Predictive’s unique proprietary data repository gives me detailed fraud insights in my role as Senior Fraud Analyst. In recent months, I’ve been leaning heavily ...
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The Changing Face of Fraud in 2020
Point Predictive Co-Founder and Chief Fraud Strategist Frank McKenna addressed the 24th Annual Non-Prime Auto Financing Conference, where he shared proprietary statistics and analysis of ...
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