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Experian outlines the five biggest fraud threats businesses could face in 2021 and beyond.

Experian’s Future of Fraud Forecast Reveals Threats Facing Businesses in 2021 and Beyond Experian’s Future of Fraud Forecast Reveals Threats Facing Businesses in 2021 and Beyond With the growing threat of fraud fueled by the digital acceleration that took place in 2020, Experian today released its 2021 Future of Fraud Forecast that reveals five emerging fraud threats facing businesses. The rapid increase in digital use created a perfect storm for fraudsters to quickly find new ways to st...

Knows when hes saying these things. rick scott, same thing, jumping all over this process. marco rubio, not even on the ballot, lying repeatedly about his own accusations ability fraud activity taking place there. totally different climate there. >> reporter: completely different. youre absolutely right about that. and i would just say from a civic perspective, not a red or blue, theres good news and bad news. the bad news is what you just articulated, you have clearly several public officials, ...

Knows when hes saying these things. rick scott, same thing, jumping all over this process. marco rubio, not even on the ballot, lying repeatedly about his own accusations ability fraud activity taking place there. totally different climate there. >> reporter: completely different. youre absolutely right about that. and i would just say from a civic perspective, not a red or blue, theres good news and bad news. the bad news is what you just articulated, you have clearly several republican officia...

Hackers compromised the security of 40 million credit and debit card user. it affected an additional 70 million people and that means it impacted one in three americans. the breach not only stole credit card information including card number and experation date and cvc codes and home addresses and e-mails and telephone numbers. target ceo has assured customers that target will cover the cost of fraud activity. >> 0 liberty and target is paying for fraudulent activity on anybodys credit card. >> ...

Hackers compromised the security of 40 million credit and debit card user. it affected an additional 70 million people and that means it impacted one in three americans. the breach not only stole credit card information including card number and experation date and cvc codes and home addresses and e-mails and telephone numbers. target ceo has assured customers that target will cover the cost of fraud activity. >> 0 liberty and target is paying for fraudulent activity on anybodys credit card. >> ...

Bentleys, drugs, criminal activities. it is epidemic proportions. not just in tampa. i would submit to you, its going on in every city in the country. >> reporter: according to the irs, the number of tax dollars, involving fraud activity is in the millions and it was the focus of a senate hearing on capitol hill. what is the irs doing about it? steve miller is the deputy commissioner for enforcement. >> from the hearing, this is a big issue. what are you doing about it? >> we have taken tobvious...

Bentleys, drugs, criminal activities. it is epidemic proportions. not just in tampa. i would submit to you, its going on in every city in the country. >> reporter: according to the irs, the number of tax dollars, involving fraud activity is in the millions and it was the focus of a senate hearing on capitol hill. what is the irs doing about it? steve miller is the deputy commissioner for enforcement. >> from the hearing, this is a big issue. what are you doing about it? >> we have taken tobvious...