--- title: Mike Haley on the connection between social media and fraud date: 2018-03-15T15:13:00+00:00 author: Alara Basul canonical_url: "https://www.ravelin.com/podcast/2018-3-5-mike-haley-on-the-connection-between-social-media-and-fraud" section: Podcast --- Podcast / Fraud analytics Episode 19 15 March 2018 # Mike Haley on the connection between social media and fraud In this podcast, Mike Haley from Cifas discusses the measures that we should be taking to prevent over-sharing and the importance of raising awareness for fraud. ![Mike Haley on the connection between social media and fraud](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_1837xAUTO_fit_center-center_none_ns/767/mike-haley.webp)Mike Haley is the Deputy Chief Executive at [Cifas](https://www.cifas.org.uk/). He has more than 25 years' experience of tackling and preventing fraud across the public, private and not for profit sectors, including considerable experience directing investigations, as well as developing prevention and detection strategies. In this podcast, Mike Haley discusses the importance of raising awareness on the issue of fraud. With more people sharing their every step on social media, are we sharing too much information? People are using social and digital channels more frequently, meanwhile fraudsters are getting smarter and taking advantage of several digital platforms and identity information. Haley discusses the measures that we should be taking to prevent over-sharing and the importance of raising awareness for fraud for the younger generations. [**To learn more about online payment fraud visit our insights page.**](https://www.ravelin.com/insights/online-payment-fraud) ![Afk Bu I 400X400](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_122x122_crop_center-center_none_ns/851/afk_Bu-i_400x400.webp)Alara BasulRavelin alumna More from Alara Basul - [Infographic: The growing cost of fraud in 2018](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/infographic-fraud-in-2018) - [Meet Tim Whelan, Ravelin’s VP of Engineering](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/meet-tim-whelan-ravelins-vp-of-engineering) - [National Cybersecurity month: Raising awareness of fraud in payments](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/cyber-security-month-fraud-awareness) ## Related content [Blog / Payments & payment fraud ### Card payment liability shift – everything you need to know to reduce chargeback burden The knowledge you need to make the most of liability shifts and reap the benefits for your company – including saving money on chargebacks. ![Freddie burgess](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/281707/freddie-burgess.webp)Freddie Burgess,Senior Product Support Analyst](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/card-payment-liability-shift-for-chargebacks) [Blog / Fraud analytics ### Refund abuse KPIs: How to measure and reduce refund fraud rates What you need to know to assess and quantify refund abuse – as well as to measure whether your refund abuse solution and strategy are delivering results. ![Can](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/280078/can.webp)Can Colak,Senior Product Manager](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/how-to-measure-refund-abuse-kpis) [Blog / Press release ### Driven by AI, customers now rival criminals for ecommerce fraud, say merchants Global ecommerce fraud enters a new phase as losses continue to climb. Merchants now view criminals and their own customers as presenting a comparable risk, and there's a gap in AI adoption. ![Ravelin Symbol Blue 1](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/187712/Ravelin-Symbol-Blue-1.webp)Ravelin Technology](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ravelin-fraud-survey-2026-press-release)