ABA Fraudcast episode examines romance scams with a Tinder Swindler victim
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The American Bankers Association's Fraudcast turns to romance scams in its latest episode, featuring a victim from the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler alongside a behavioral-science practitioner who builds anti-fraud training. For fraud and financial-crime leads, it is a short listen on consumer-facing scam prevention and the human factors that let these frauds succeed.
- The episode features Ayleen Charlotte, a victim of the romance scam detailed in the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler, who founded a scam-awareness and fraud-education program.
- Pete Staffell, formerly of Santander and a developer of its Break the Spell anti-fraud program, discusses using behavioral science to build scam-prevention training.
- The ABA Fraudcast is hosted by Paul Benda, EVP of risk, fraud and cybersecurity at the American Bankers Association.
- The ABA directs banks to fraud-prevention resources at aba.com/fraud.
Executive summary
The ABA Banking Journal published an episode of the ABA Fraudcast, the American Bankers Association's podcast on fraud and scam prevention, dated November 4, 2026. The audio-only episode is hosted by Paul Benda, EVP of risk, fraud and cybersecurity at…
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https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2026/11/aba-fraudcast-the-legacy-of-the-tinder-swindler/Read by Regulus 04 Nov 2026 at 10:44 UTC
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