Marcus Evans Scam and Fraud Events 'most popular ever'

Jan. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- The US's Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' report for 2008 made sombre reading. Dishonest employees cost North American businesses an estimated $994 billion a year in fraud-related losses. On average, US businesses lost 7% of their annual revenue to financial fraud. Everything from false invoices and stolen assets to dodgy cheques, bribery, corruption and inflated expenses. When executives go bad they're likely to steal or misappropriate fifteen times more cash than lower paid employees. Add to that internet fraud, scams and hackers and the financial implications start to look truly frightening. Extrapolate the figures to include all of the world's economies and it becomes simply staggering.

Marcus Evans' Daniel Leu comments, “Fraud affects every one of us across all walks of life. It pushes up costs and increases prices. It destroys trust and damages markets. Wise business leaders take a tough approach. If your systems, security, processes and procedures are locked down tight and you take every possible action to mitigate fraud, from whatever source, from the offset, you'll stand a much better chance of avoiding painful financial losses altogether.”

Marcus Evans' scam (http://marcusevansblog.com/blog/2009/09/) busting series of conferences are the place to start. Not only do they cover a wide range of data protection issues, they also go into the fine detail of a host of fascinating and inspirational cutting edge models, processes, procedures, research and wisdom. There's input from key players in scam prevention like the US Department of Homeland Security, Barclay’s Wealth and ABN AMRO. Delegates discover vital information about how to comply from continent to continent across markets as diverse as Pakistan, Argentina and the Pacific.

Key bodies deliver vital input at Marcus Evans scam conferences (http://www.marcusevans.com/). The European Privacy Association, for example, forecasts how the best internet security is likely to work in future. ABN AMRO showcases how they use IT to its full advantage to create a perfect, flawless data protection strategy. Other contributors hand over intelligence designed to help businesses work holistically to create data protection and privacy strategies across diverse industries and markets.

“It doesn't matter how large or small your business is.” concludes Daniel Leu. “The risks are the same for everyone. The only way to keep fraudsters at bay is to get on top of the situation. Then stay on top of it. Getting a grip on things early on is much better than getting stung and having to pick up the pieces. As a result 2010 looks like being our busiest year yet!”

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Marcus Evans employs more than 3500 people in almost 40 countries. They deliver intelligence and business products across a wide range of commercial sectors including Capital Markets, Life Sciences, Defence, Healthcare, Information technology and Legal.
•    http://marcusevansblog.com/blog/2009/09/
•    http://www.marcusevans.com/
•   danielleu@marcusevansuk.com
•   Daniel Leu
•   020 3002 3000

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Marcus Evans employs more than 3500 people in almost 40 countries. They deliver intelligence and business products across a wide range of commercial sectors including Capital Markets, Life Sciences, Defence, Healthcare, Information technology and Legal.