A comprehensive look at fraud identification and prevention

✍ Scribed by Youngblood, James

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 310
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Fraudulent activity can approach you or your organization through a variety of avenues, ranging from the cyber world, social media, unsolicited e-mails, poor hiring practices, dishonest associates, and weak operating procedures. With a focus on prevention measures, A Comprehensive Look at Fraud Identification and Prevention presents proven tips, advice, and recommendations for fraud awareness, protection, and prevention.

The book supplies a detailed examination of the wide range of threats that exist to provide you with a plan to protect the assets of your organization, and even your own assets, against the many faces of fraud in today's technologically advanced environment. The many types of fraud covered include:

• Employee theft and fraud
• Organizational fraud
• Identity theft and fraud
• Fraud against the elderly
• Internet, computer, and e-mail fraud
• Ponzi and pyramid schemes

The methods of prevention presented in the book are based on what is referred to as the path of least resistance. With fraud and other types of criminal activity, criminals take the path with the fewest barriers in their way. By implementing the methods presented in this book, you will be able to deter would-be criminals and send them on their way to search for easier targets with fewer barriers.

Discussion categories include identification and prevention aspects for organizational and individual frauds along with the many avenues used to facilitate the attacks. Explaining how some fraud typologies can overlap and co-mingle, the book provides the methods you need to protect your organization, and yourself, from becoming a target and victim of fraud.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Fraud Fraud Overview Study Analysis Internal Fraud Understanding Rationalization External Fraud Gift Policies Notes Employee Theft and Fraud Introduction Pre-employment Background Verification Small Business Theft/Fraud Hiring Quality Teenagers Nonprofit Organization Fraud Embezzlement Two-Person Rule/Separating Accounting Duties Notes Organizational Fraud Introduction Analyzing Fraud Potential Individual Analysis Segregation of Duties Removing the Temptation for Fraud Merchant Fraud Know Your Vendors/Suppliers Notes Small Business Fraud Introduction Small Business Identity Theft Small Business Account Takeover Small Business Fraud Prevention Measures Notes Investment Fraud Introduction "Ponzi" Schemes Pyramid Schemes Affinity Fraud Investment Opportunity Advance Fee Letters Prime Bank Note Fraud Notes Organized Retail Fraud/Theft Organized Retail Crime/Fraud Retail Merchandise Fraud Coupon Fraud E-mail Coupon Offers Delivering Malware/Spyware UPC/Bar Code Fraud Gift Card Fraud School Impersonation Fraud Sports Memorabilia Fraud Access Device Fraud Notes Frauds Targeting the Individual Introduction Fake Check Schemes Mortgage Fraud Scare Tactic Frauds High-Dollar Item Street Sale Fraud Debit Card Fraud Charity Scams and Fraud Fund-Raising Website Fraud Internet Prescription Fraud Mystery Shopping Fraud Romance Schemes Notes Frauds against the Elderly Introduction Protecting Against Fraud by Caregivers, Relatives, and Other Individuals of Trust Protecting Against Fraud Committed by Strangers Reverse Mortgage Fraud Elderly-Targeted Work-at-Home Schemes Raising the Awareness of Elder Fraud Reluctance to Report Notes Advance Fee Fraud Introduction Advance Fee Fraud Letter Scams Work-at-Home Schemes Telemarketing Fraud Unsolicited Prize/Sweepstakes Notification Advance Fee Schemes Advance Fee International Lottery Schemes Advance Fee Loan Scheme Individual Consumer Advance Fee Loan Fraud Debt Elimination Fraud Student Loan Fraud Additional Advance Fee Fraud Payment Methods Advance Fee Fraud Deposit Items Notes Identity Theft/Identity Fraud Introduction What Is Identity Theft? Preventing Identity Theft Keeping Credit/Debit Cards in Sight Credit Card Impressions Mailbox Fishing Stop the Preapproved Credit Card Applications Obtaining a Credit Report Advance Fee Fraud Letter Solicitations Keeping the Crime Intent Silent Notes Internet Fraud Introduction Internet Auction Fraud Internet Mass Marketing Fraud Classified Advertising Websites Nanny/Housekeeper Fraud Reverse Nanny Fraud Internet Job Scam Warning Signs Phishing, Vishing, Smishing, Spoofing, and Cramming Social Security Administration Fraud Company Website Hijacking Business E-mail Hacking/Payment Redirect Brand Name Coupon/Discount Fraud Notes Internet, Computer, and E-mail Fraud Introduction Spamming Unsubscribing from Spam E-mails Spoofing (E-mail) Malware/Spyware Protecting the Computer Password Protection Do Not Remember Me Protecting Social Media Accounts Notes Appendices: Social Security Number Prefixes Advance Fee Fraud Scheme Letters Work-at-Home, Mystery Shopping, Inheritance, and Lottery Scheme

✦ Subjects

Fraud.;Fraud;Prevention.;Employee crimes;Prevention.;Corporations;Corrupt practices.;Identity theft.;Computer crimes.