8.1 Financial fraud

Financial fraud is very common.

Fraudsters use a variety of tactics to deceive people and steal their identity and money. A brief list of different tactics used by fraudsters is given below.

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Unfortunately, the list above does not fully capture all the tactics used by fraudsters. For a more comprehensive list of financial crimes and frauds, please visit Action Fraud [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] .

Anybody can become a victim of financial fraud

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Watch this short video in which a journalist explains how he became a victim of financial fraud.

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The key message you should learn from this video is that anybody can become a victim of financial fraud.

Therefore, it is really important to be vigilant.

Learning outcomes

8.2 Seeking help