Fraud
Types of fraud
What is fraud?
Fraud offenses always include some sort of false statement, misrepresentation, or deceitful conduct.
A
Abuse of position of trust
Accommodation addresses
Accommodation fraud
Account takeover
Advance fee fraud
Anti-competitive behaviour
Application fraud
Asset misappropriation fraud
Auction fraud
B
Bank account fraud
Bank card and cheque fraud
Bankruptcy-related fraud
Benefit fraud
Betting fraud
Bogus tradesmen fraud
Boiler room fraud
Bond fraud
Botnet-related fraud
Business directory fraud
Business opportunity fraud
Business trading frauds
C
Call centre fraud
Career opportunity scams
Cash point fraud
Charitable publication scams
Charity donation fraud
Cheque fraud
Cheque overpayment fraud
Child Benefit fraud
Clairvoyant scams
Click fraud
Companies – fraudulent
Computer hacking
Computer Software Service frauds
Corporate fraud
Corporate services fraud
Council tax fraud
Counterfeit cheque fraud
Counterfeit gift certificates
Counterfeit goods fraud
Courier scam
Credit card fraud
D
Dating fraud
Debit card fraud
Domain name scams
Door-to-door sales fraud
Doorstep electricity meter credit scams
Doorstep fraud
E
Electricity scam
Employee fraud
Employment fraud
European Distribution Fraud
Exploiting assets and information
F
Facility takeover
False accounting fraud
Fixed line fraud
Fraud enabling activities
Fraud recovery fraud
Fronting
G
Gambling fraud
Goods sold as investment
Government agency scams
Guardian’s Allowance fraud
H
Health in Pregnancy Grant fraud
Health scams
Hedge fund fraud
Holiday club fraud
Holiday fraud
I
Identity fraud and identity theft
Impersonation of officials
Individual fraud
Inheritance fraud
Insider information
Insolvency-related fraud
Institutional investment fraud
Insurance broker scams
Insurance fraud
Intellectual property fraud
Internal fraud
Internet auction fraud
Internet dialler scam
Investment fraud
Invoice scams
L
Land banking scams
Life assurance takeover
Loan repayment fraud
Loan scams
Lottery scams
M
Mail boxes and multiple post redirections
Malware
Mandate Fraud
Market manipulation
Marketing materials
Mass marketing fraud
Medical scams
Miracle health scams
Mobile phone fraud
Money laundering & movement
Money muling
Mortgage fraud
N
Non-domestic rate fraud
O
Office supply scams
Olympics fraud
Online fraud
Online shopping fraud
P
Patient charge evasion
Payment fraud
Pension liberation scams
Personnel management fraud
Phishing
Phoenix company fraud
PIN entry devices
Plastic card fraud
Ponzi schemes
Premium rate phone line scams
Prime bank guarantee fraud
Prize draw scams
Procurement fraud
Property fraud
Property investor scams
Proxy servers
Psychic scams
Public funding and grants
Public sector service provision
Pyramid scheme fraud
R
Racing tipster scams
Receipt fraud
Recruitment scams
Rental fraud
Romance scams
S
Share sale and investment fraud
Shopping fraud
Short and long firm fraud
Slimming cures scams
Smishing
Spam emails
Store card fraud
Sweepstake scams
T
Tabnapping
Tax fraud
Telecommunications frauds
Ticket scams
Timeshare fraud
Travel and subsistence fraud
V
Vehicle matching scams
Vishing
W
Website domain name scams
West African letter fraud
Work from home scams
Fraud (See Fraud or Fraud Awareness Special Feature)
Fraud (sections 386, 387, 388)
Individual fraud
Corporate fraud
Online fraud
Advance fee fraud
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