A look at business email compromise scams in the US involving real estate, and the Secret Service team that helped recover $244M in stolen BEC funds since 2019 (Natalie Wong/Bloomberg)

Lauren Goode / Wired:
Match Group plans to add profile verification to Hinge in November, asking users to provide a video selfie, aiming to crack down on scammers  —  To combat the scourge of fake accounts, the dating site will ask users to prove their humanity by capturing a video selfie.

Ken Sweet / Associated Press:
A report by Senator Warren’s office: fraud and scams are occurring more often on P2P payments app Zelle, with banks only reimbursing ~47% of defrauded customers  —  Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service Zelle, according …

Gretchen Morgenson / NBC News:
A look at Silvergate, one of the few US banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges, now drawing congressional scrutiny following FTX’s collapse  —  Silvergate is one of the few U.S. banks that let customers move dollars onto crypto exchanges.  FTX and related firms, like Alameda Research, had 20 Silvergate accounts.

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select businesses, helping companies identify employees through a new badge; other perks and pricing are yet to be shared  —  Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue.  At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses.

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Mastercard announces Crypto Secure, which uses AI to help banks identify and stop transactions from fraud-prone crypto exchanges, powered by CipherTrace’s tech  —  – Mastercard will on Tuesday launch a new product called Crypto Secure that helps banks assess the risk of crime associated with crypto merchants on its network.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Court filings: Apple settled with FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou; the lawsuit alleged Apple rejected his Watch app and then approved rip-offs of the app  —  An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show …