Joining this edition of the ABA Fraudcast is the internet star who has built one of the more unlikely success stories on the web. The software developer and content creator known as Kitboga has attracted nearly 4 million YouTube subscribers and counting, with hilarious videos of phone conversations with fraudsters themselves in which he uses humor and a deep knowledge of scammers' tactics to waste their time, disrupt their schemes and expose their tactics.

This episode is a great introduction to ABA Fraudcast host Paul Benda's session with Kitboga at the ABA AML and Fraud Conference, Oct. 13-15, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. Details can be found at aba.com/training-events/conferences. Check out ABA's updated Banks Never Ask That campaign, where consumers and bankers can learn about ways to stop fraud.

Find out more about today's guest at Kitboga.com and @KitbogaShow on YouTube. Kitboga is also co-founder of the National Fraud and Exploitation Intelligence Network and CEO of Seraph Secure.

The video version of ABA Fraudcast is also available on YouTube. Host of the ABA Fraudcast is Paul Benda, EVP, risk, fraud and cybersecurity at American Bankers Association. Visit us at aba.com/fraudcast.

In this episode of the ABA Fraudcast, Google's David Caragliano joins ABA's Paul Benda to discuss how stronger advertiser verification can help prevent online scams, including bank impersonation and fraudulent financial services ads. Caragliano, who leads ad safety policy at Google, explains how advertiser verification, digital identity and modernized registries enable platforms to identify and block unauthorized ads before they reach consumers. ABA offers resources to help banks prevent, identify, measure and report fraud, and to serve and protect consumers. Follow the ABA Fraudcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or other podcast apps.

Learn how one community bank is informed by experience as well as by its commitment to plenty of caring and one very smart questionnaire when faced with suspected targeting of bank customers by fraudsters. "Scammers are spectacular at telling the story and making our customers believe it," says Margi Fleming, SVP and chief administrative officer of The Citizens Bank, based in Florence, South Carolina, Paul Benda's guest on this edition of the ABA Fraudcast. Fleming discusses why wire fraud — a scheme to deceive another party for financial gain carried out by transmitting false or misleading information through interstate electronic communications, including email, phone or online channels — is a particularly difficult challenge because the bad guys are influencing the actions of victims remotely.

ABA offers resources to help banks prevent, identify, measure and report fraud, and to serve and protect consumers. Follow the ABA Fraudcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or other podcast apps.

Host of the ABA Fraudcast is Paul Benda, EVP, risk, fraud and cybersecurity at American Bankers Association.