Investment scams, also known as financial grooming, are causing significant financial and emotional harm for countless victims around the world. Losses to the fraud increased 127% to $3.31B in 2022, making it the costliest scheme reported to the Internet Crime Complaint Center that year.
Our infographic explores the emergence of investment scams and the typology known as pig butchering, as well as Red Flags to aid in detection and how Verafin can help you combat this crime.
Fraud Detection and ManagementWith Verafin’s advanced Fraud Detection and Management solutions, you see the whole story of a customer’s activity across all channels — ensuring you have the information you need to prevent losses and strengthen your fraud prevention program. Learn More > |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 1 year | This cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | This cookie is to record user's consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | 1 year | Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. |
| LastActivity_Source__c | session | This cookie is to store the resource that was in user's last activity. |
| LastReferral_Source__c | session | This cookie is to store the url that brought the user's to the website. |
| secondaryLeadSource | session | This cookie is used to store the referral link when a user initially discovers on Verafin’s website. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is used to store if a user has or has not consented to the use of cookies. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| bcookie | 2 years | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID. |
| bscookie | 2 years | LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website. |
| lang | session | LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user's language setting. |
| li_gc | 2 years | LinkedIn sets this cookie, to store consent to use cookies for non-essential purposes. |
| lidc | 1 day | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. |
| SM | session | Microsoft Clarity cookie, used in synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains. |
| UserMatchHistory | 1 month | LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _uetsid | 1 day | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| _uetvid | 1 year 24 days | Bing Ads sets this cookie to engage with a user that has previously visited the website. |
| SRM_B | 1 year 24 days | Used by Microsoft Advertising as a unique ID for visitors. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IDE | 1 year 24 days | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads, according to the user profile. |
| MUID | 1 year 24 days | To identify unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes. |
| test_cookie | 15 minutes | The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies. |
| Cookie | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _clck | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity cookie. Stores the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site, on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. |
| _clsk | 1 day | To connect multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. |
| _ga | 2 years | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _gat_UA-17119701-1 | 1 minute | A variation of the _gat cookie set by Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager to allow website owners to track visitor behaviour and measure site performance. The pattern element in the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. |
| _gcl_au | 3 months | Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. Google cookie is for “Conversion Linker” functionality – it takes information in ad clicks and stores it in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page. |
| _gid | 1 day | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | 1 month | LinkedIn cookie, to store data about the time when a synchronization took place with the cookie lms_analytics for users in the designated countries. |
| CLID | 1 year | Microsoft Clarity cookie is used to identify the first-time Clarity sees this user on any site using Clarity. |
| LastActivity_PreviousPageViewId__c | session | Verafin Cookie. To track previous page view id and url. |
| LastActivity_SessionId__c | session | This cookie is used to store user's last activity, it is created by user's last activity time following with a unique multiple-digit number as session ID. |
| PHPSESSID | session | The cookie is used to store and identify a user's unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. |
| trackalyzer | 1 year | This cookie is used by Leadlander. The cookie is used to analyse the website's visitors and monitor traffic patterns. |
| userInfo | 1 year | This cookie is used to store user's information to prepopulate the forms and track user's site usage. |