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Gemalto Launches Mobile eBanking Solution to Protect Japanese from Ore-Ore Fraud

Helps stop swindlers from extorting money from their victims using a variety of social engineering and fraudulent schemes

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Gemalto has launched Ezio Mobile Out-of-Band Server, a strong mobile solution, to protect people from “Ore-Ore” (“it’s me, it’s me”) scams in Japan. “Ore-Ore” is a notorious crime in which swindlers extort money from their victims using a variety of social engineering and fraudulent schemes, for example, by posing as a relative in trouble.   According to the National Police Agency in Japan, 2014 recorded about 11,000 such cases, with total losses amounting to €280 million. Gemalto will also pr...

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