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OSINT Analysis applied to Financial Fraud Investigation

Abstract:

Open Source Intelligence Techniques (OSINT), allow the fraud investigator or cybersecurity consultant to obtain information in a lawful manner in order that it can be used to prevent or detect a fraud scheme, considering that people or organizations have migrated their operations to digital environments either through social networks, e-commerce platforms, or payment gateways where they can market their goods and services or simply socialize, E-commerce platforms, or payment gateways where they can market their goods and services or simply socialize, it is here that the risk of fraud is increased by not having the presence to ensure that the person or organization exists and it is not a fraud, scam or social engineering mechanism to obtain information that can be exploited later. In this context, this paper summarizes the state of the art regarding the use of OSINT techniques in fraud investigation and presents, as a case study, the fraud generated by the Big Money platform in Ecuador.