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Types of fraud

Fraud can take many different forms but the result is always the same – you become the victim.

The best way to stop yourself becoming a victim of fraud is to understand what types of fraud are out there.

  • Account takeover
  • Advance fee fraud
  • Asset misappropriation
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy-related fraud
  • Career opportunity scams
  • Cheque fraud
  • Cheque overpayment fraud
  • Computer hacking
  • Computer Software Service fraud
  • Dial through fraud
  • Directory scams
  • Employee fraud
  • Exploiting assets and information
  • False accounting fraud
  • Fraud recovery fraud
  • Identity theft
  • Impersonation of officials
  • Invoice scams
  • Loan scams
  • Lottery scams
  • Mandate fraud
  • Office supply scams
  • Payment fraud
  • Personnel management fraud
  • Phishing
  • Procurement fraud
  • Racing tipster scams
  • Receipt fraud
  • Rental fraud
  • Short and long firm fraud
  • Supplier and outsourcing fraud
  • Tax
  • Telephone scam
  • Travel and subsistence fraud
  • Vehicle matching scams
  • West African letter fraud
  • Work from home schemes

Types of fraud

Fraud can take many different forms but the result is always the same – you become the victim.

The best way to stop yourself becoming a victim of fraud is to understand what types of fraud are out there.

  • Account takeover
  • Advance fee fraud
  • Asset misappropriation
  • Banking
  • Bankruptcy-related fraud
  • Career opportunity scams
  • Cheque fraud
  • Cheque overpayment fraud
  • Computer hacking
  • Computer Software Service fraud
  • Dial through fraud
  • Directory scams
  • Employee fraud
  • Exploiting assets and information
  • False accounting fraud
  • Fraud recovery fraud
  • Identity theft
  • Impersonation of officials
  • Invoice scams
  • Loan scams
  • Lottery scams
  • Mandate fraud
  • Office supply scams
  • Payment fraud
  • Personnel management fraud
  • Phishing
  • Procurement fraud
  • Racing tipster scams
  • Receipt fraud
  • Rental fraud
  • Short and long firm fraud
  • Supplier and outsourcing fraud
  • Tax
  • Telephone scam
  • Travel and subsistence fraud
  • Vehicle matching scams
  • West African letter fraud
  • Work from home schemes

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