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AI is fueling a financial crime evolution at a pace that's hard to keep up with. This year, the most common and effective scams won't be sloppy emails or texts with scammy tiny URLs in them. Scammers use advanced AI agents to sound more realistic and convincing than ever before. 

Banks are making unprecedented investments in security features and consumer education campaigns. Yet fraud continues to rise to alarming levels because most fraud threats originate outside the banking system, with insufficient proactive prevention by the social media and telecom platforms where fraud and scams originate. 

Mastercard's 'Anatomy of a Scam' documentary series explores how scams work and who's behind them.  As part of that series, Mastercard spoke to experts on how scams have become more sophisticated and widespread.  Learn more at the link below.