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by somenewaccount1 1270 days ago
Having worked in banking for 20 years and knowing how many fraud transactions are reversed, I do indeed find that false information to be surprising.
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> The challenge is that most BEC attacks will use bank accounts outside the US. In truth, the IC3 RAT recovered less than 14% of the total US$2.4 billion in BEC losses last year.

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/04/26/trouble-bec-how-st...

https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA220504

It's very well documented that less than 20% of BEC losses in the US are recovered.