Fraud Prevention course

Instructor:

Alex Wood

Fraud Prevention and Social Engineering Expert, BBC Scam Secrets Contributor

Alex is a fraud prevention and social engineering expert who helps organizations understand how modern scams work, why they succeed, and how to respond to them more effectively. He is a contributor to BBC Scam Secrets and a widely recognized speaker on fraud risk, behavioral manipulation, and the tactics used in today’s most damaging attacks. His work spans fraud awareness, investigations, and advisory roles across the public and private sectors. Alex serves on the boards of several organizations in the fraud and integrity space, including the Financial Fraud Awareness Campaign, Platinum High Integrity Technologies, and Abatis Security Innovations and Technologies. He is also the CEO of Ergo Marketing LTD and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2025.

Arturs Linde

Head of Fraud Prevention at Paybis

Arturs Linde is a fraud prevention expert with hands-on experience across fraud operations, chargebacks, payment risk, and anti-fraud strategy. At Paybis, he has progressed from Anti-Fraud Specialist and Chargeback Analyst to Head of Fraud Prevention, giving him a practical view of how fraud teams detect threats, manage losses, and strengthen controls over time. His work covers fraud strategy, detection tools, fraud pattern analysis, chargeback management, and risk controls across payment methods and transaction flows.

Angelina Škrabec

AML Governance
& Training Manager at evoke

Angelina Škrabec is a financial crime and fraud prevention professional with hands-on experience across AML, risk, sanctions, and fraud operations in the iGaming sector. Her background spans fraud and risk analysis, customer investigations, AML casework, and governance, giving her a practical view of how fraud prevention connects with broader financial crime controls.

Michael Dare

Fraud Investigator
at iFAST Global Bank Limited

Michael Dare is a fraud investigator with close to a decade of experience in banking fraud, fraud analysis, and online fraud prevention. His background spans fraud investigations, fraud profiling, card-not-present fraud, and fraud claims, giving him strong practical expertise in how suspicious activity is identified, reviewed, and escalated in financial services.

Ivan Prokoviev

Fraud Strategy & Analytics Manager at Cleo

Ivan Prokofev is a fraud expert with more than 12 years of experience across fraud strategy, analytics, payments fraud, and fraud operations. His background spans Cleo, MoonPay, Bumble, Booking.com, and Gett, giving him a strong cross-industry view of how fraud teams build controls, measure performance, and adapt detection to different products and risk environments.

Matteo Gamba

Fintech Industry Expert

Matteo Gamba is a senior payments and product leader with deep expertise in fraud prevention, payments strategy, and global commerce. His background spans Wayfair, Wise, and Rocket Internet, where he led payment and fraud initiatives across large-scale e-commerce and fintech environments.

Svetla Gocheva

Technical Pre-Sales Manager at Sumsub

Svetla Gocheva is a technical pre-sales and verification solutions expert with hands-on experience across user verification, document research, solution design, and client-facing implementation. Her background spans both operational and technical roles, giving her a strong understanding of how verification products work in practice.

Arthur Tsvettsih

Software Architect at Sumsub

Arthur Tsvettish is a software architect and engineering leader with experience building and scaling complex technology products. His background spans software architecture, engineering management, and backend development.

Course Details

• Start date: On demand
• CPD hours awarded: 6 CPD hours
• CPD-accredited course: This course is accredited by The CPD Standards Office.

Course Overview

This course is designed for professionals who want to understand how digital fraud works in practice across onboarding, account access, payments, and cash-out. Topics include different fraud types, signals for detection, and how fraud trends are evolving in the current climate.

Key takeaways

• Recognize how fraud appears across onboarding, account access, payments, and cash-out
• Understand different types of fraud and how fraudsters exploit systems
• Identify early fraud signals and adapt detection methods accordingly

Who is it for

• Fraud prevention and risk teams
• Compliance and financial crime professionals
• Product managers involved in user flow and controls

Course Design

The course combines expert-led sessions with real-world case studies, engaging content, and resources to reinforce learning.