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The 2026 Scam Data Every Bank Fraud Team Should See │ CheckTxt
New 2026 data shows 82% of Americans hit a scam last year and nearly half say banks should reimburse victims. What it means for bank fraud teams.
New 2026 data shows 82% of Americans hit a scam last year and nearly half say banks should reimburse victims. What it means for bank fraud teams.
Pig butchering scams open with a wrong-number text and end weeks later in financial ruin. See how the multichannel con works and why bank defenses miss it.
UK banks are already required to reimburse victims of text scams. US regulators are moving fast. Here’s what bank text scam liability means for financial institutions right now.
The House Oversight Committee advanced sweeping fraud prevention legislation. Here’s what the pre-payment prevention mandate means — and why banks need to apply the same logic to text scams right now.
Scam Alert: Phishing Email Impersonating McGuireWoods LLP A fraudulent email campaign impersonating McGuireWoods LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, is underway. This scam,
Every conversation about fraud prevention eventually comes back to email. Phishing simulations, secure gateways, employee training — all of it pointed at the inbox. And while security teams have spent years hardening that channel, attackers have quietly shifted to one that most enterprise stacks don’t touch at all.
Text messaging.
AI has made brand impersonation texts indistinguishable from real ones. Learn why community and regional banks are being specifically targeted, why your security stack can’t stop it, and what proactive protection looks like.
Bank impersonation attacks are targeting customers through SMS at scale. Learn how these campaigns work, why they bypass existing security controls, and what banks can do to stop them before fraud occurs.
Smishing Scam Alert: Fake Toll Violation “Notice of Civil Infraction Hearing” CheckTxt has identified a new SMS-based phishing campaign targeting individuals with what appears to