The pandemic and its "forced digital transition" for many companies have been a boon for some criminals: the rate of online identity fraud has fallen from 6.6% in 2019 to 8.5% in 2020, as a barometer established by

Onfido

, a specialist in identity verification and online authentication, explained at the time.

A year later, the gradual return to normal and the implementation of adequate security methods have, however, made it possible to reverse the trend, falling to an average fraud rate of 6.9% (in October 2021).

However, the new Corporate

Identity Fraud Report

warns of a growing danger…

Organized networks

While scams using low-end techniques (so-called “easy” frauds) had experienced strong growth in 2020, they are now giving way to frauds qualified as “medium”, in other words more sophisticated, which represent 47% of falsifications. detected by

Onfido

in 2021. It is therefore more difficult to detect errors in an attacked document (incorrect font less visible, poor print quality of the identity photo, etc.).

However, this phenomenon is of particular concern to security players since it reflects the rise of organized fraudulent activities.

According to Interpol, with whom

Onfido

has entered into a partnership,

“the attacked documents open the way to organized crime, in particular for money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Therefore, the inability to identify these documents in real, online scenarios poses a threat to the global economy, countries and their citizens.

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Passport and retail in the viewfinder

First target of criminals: the passport, which now dethrones the national identity card at the top of the ranking of the document most frequently attacked worldwide.

A phenomenon which could be explained by the good reputation of this document, which has reinforced security and which therefore makes citizens less vigilant.

Similarly, it only has one page to counterfeit (unlike the CNI which has a front but also a back).

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If the retail trade was already the sector most affected by identity fraud attempts in France in 2020, the trend is now global with a 36% increase in attempts.

As for cryptocurrencies, they are still victims of their success since, according to

Onfido

, some 7,000 people reported losses of more than 80 million dollars induced by identity fraud between October 2020 and March 2021.

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