Fraud
In the broadest sense, a fraud is a deception made for personal gain, although it has a more specific legal meaning, the exact details varying between jurisdictions. Many hoaxes are fraudulent, although those not made for personal gain are not best described in this way. Not all frauds are hoaxes - electoral fraud, for example. Fraud permeates many areas of life, including art, archaelogogy and science. In the broad legal sense a fraud is any crime or civil wrong for gain that utilises some deception practiced on the victim as its principal method.
See also
- Accounting scandals
- Affinity fraud
- Benford's law
- Caper stories (such as The Sting)
- Corporate abuse
- Creative accounting
- Credit card fraud
- False Claims Law
- Inspector General
- Internet fraud
- Mail fraud
- Phishing
- Phone fraud
- Political corruption
- Ponzi scheme
- Quatloos.com
- Questioned document examination
- Spin
- The National Council Against Health Fraud
- SAS 99
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | English Law |
| ► | Known and alleged fraudsters and various forms of fraud |
| ► | See also |
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