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Fraud on the Dark Web – November 2021
Following the release of our last Dark Web report earlier this year, there have been some significant changes in the Dark Web landscape. The main change has been the closure of White House Market (WHM) (the largest Dark Web market) as well as the exit scam of a number...
Oxford Investigation Service Annual Fraud Conference
Peter Darby Associates (PDA) is delighted to announce their attendance at this year’s Oxford Investigation Service Annual Fraud Conference, where you will be able to meet Pete, Malcom, and Ian to ask any counter fraud training questions you may have. Best of all, a...
Interview with Laura Weaver
Read our recent interview with Laura Weaver, who currently works as an NHS Counter Fraud Investigator, and learn about what her job entails, why she chose to work in counter fraud and what rewards and challenges she faces within the industry. Tell us about yourself...
Digital Document Fraud – Training Course Review by Michael O’Sullivan
Michael O’Sullivan from the TPSO Magazine recently undertook our Online training course in Digital Document Fraud course and this is his review… If you need to check documents and files for evidence of tampering, the Digital Document Fraud course from Peter Darby...
An Insight to Invoice Fraud!
Everyone is at risk of fraud. Scammers are using increasingly sophisticated ways to deceive and steal from us and unfortunately no business or person has guaranteed protection. One methodology used by fraudsters is Invoice Fraud, which is also known as Invoice...
Well done to our ACFS student’s recent success!
We would like to say a big congratulations to Amy, one of our recent ACFS students, for successfully conducting her first fraud case with conviction which has been reported on by Liverpool Echo. Amy shared with us that she managed to prosecute the business owner of...
Digital Document Forensics
What is Digital Document Forensics? Digital Document Forensics (DDF) is the practice of analysing digital images or photos, files and documents for information that has been hidden or manipulated. Why is DDF important? Digital Document Forensics is an important part...
Open-Source Intelligence
What is it Open-Source Intelligence? Open-Source Intelligence (also known as OSINT) is intelligence created from publicly available data and information. This is any type of online and offline data that anyone can access, without requiring security clearances or...
ACFS Training – What’s been happening during lockdown?
The COVID lockdown has certainly caused some changes to the way we deliver the training. Coupled with this has been the reaccreditation of all our ACFS training materials by our academic institution, the University of Northumbria (Newcastle). If these changes weren’t...
Free Databases for Verifying ID Documents
A question which we are often asked by students on our counter-fraud courses is where can they find example identity documents to help with account verification/KYC (Know Your Customer). There are a number of websites that have example identity documents to help you...
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