A-Z of scams and fraud
419 email and letter scams
A
Abuse of position of trust
Accommodation addresses
Accommodation fraud
Account takeover
Advance fee scams and fraud
Anti-competitive behaviour
Application fraud
Art student scams
Asset misappropriation fraud
Attorney collection scams
Auction fraud
B
Babysitting and Au-Pair scams
Badger game
Bank account fraud
Bank card and cheque fraud
Bankruptcy-related fraud
Barred winner gambling scams
Benefit fraud
Betting fraud
Betting system scam
Bogus tradesmen fraud
Boiler room fraud
Bond fraud
Bootleg software
Botnet-related fraud
Bumper car scams
Business directory fraud
Business opportunity fraud
Business trading frauds
C
Call centre fraud
Call tag scam
Car park scam
Career opportunity scams
Cash point fraud
Cell phone scams
Change raising scams
Charitable publication scams
Charity donation scams
Check cashing scams
Cheque fraud
Cheque overpayment fraud
Child Benefit fraud
Clairvoyant scams
Click fraud
Clip joints
Coin collecting scams
Coin matching scam
Companies – fraudulent
Computer hacking
Computer Software Service frauds
Corporate fraud
Corporate services fraud
Council tax fraud
Counterfeit cheque fraud
Counterfeit goods fraud
Counterfeit postal money orders
Credit card fraud
Currency exchange scams
D
Dating fraud
Debit card fraud
Denial of Service attack
Domain name scams
Door-to-door sales fraud
Doorstep electricity meter credit scams
Doorstep fraud
E
El Gordo de la Primitiva lottery scams
Electricity scam
Email hijacking/friend scams
Email spoofing
Employee fraud
Employment fraud
Empty car lot scam
Exploiting assets and information
F
Facility takeover
Fake antivirus scams
Fake casting agent scams
Fake reward scams
False accounting fraud
False injury scams
Fiddle games scams
Fixed line fraud
Football pick scams
Foreign object in food
Fortune telling scams
Fraud enabling activities
Fraud recovery fraud
Fronting
G
Gambling fraud
Gas can scam
Get rich quick schemes
Glass eye scam - glim dropper scam
Gold brick scams
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
Hustle
Hydrophobia scam
I
Identity fraud and identity theft
Impersonation of officials
Individual fraud
Infomercials
Inheritance fraud
Insider information
Insolvency-related fraud
Institutional investment fraud
Insurance broker scams
Insurance fraud
Intellectual property fraud
Internal fraud
International modem dialling
Internet auction fraud
Internet dialler scam
Internet fraud
Internet marketing and retail fraud
Internet ticket fraud
Invoice scams
J
Jaywalking scam
L
Land banking scams
Landlord scam
Letters predicting the future
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
Melon drop scams
Miracle health cure scams
Missionary scams
Mobile phone fraud
Money movement
Money muling
Money transfer scams
Mortgage fraud
Moving scam
N
Neighbour’s false friend scam
Newspaper swindle
Nigerian prince
Non-domestic rate fraud
O
Office supply scams
Olympics fraud
Online automotive fraud
Online fraud
Online scams
Online shopping fraud
P
Paranoia scams
Parking ticket scam
Patient charge evasion
Payment fraud
Pension liberation scams
Personnel management fraud
Pet scams
Pharming
Phishing
Phoenix company fraud
Pig-in-a-poke
Pigeon drop
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
Pseudoscience and snake oil scams
Psychic scams
Public funding and grants
Public sector service provision
Pump and dump scams
Purchase frauds
Pyramid scheme fraud
R
Racing tipster scams
Raffle ticket scams
Rainmaker scams
Receipt fraud
Recruitment scams
Rental scams
Re-shipper scams
Rip deal scams
Robbed traveller scams
Rogue security software or rogeware
Romance scams
S
Salting
Scalping scams
Scam adverts (scads)
Scareware
SEO scams
Share sale fraud
Shopping fraud
Short and distort scams
Short and long firm fraud
Sick baby scams
Slimming cures scams
Smishing
Spam emails
Spanish prisoner scams
Spyware
Stock market manipulation scams
Stolen goods
Store card fraud
Stranded traveller scams
Street mechanic scams
Sweepstake scams
T
Tabnapping
Tax fraud
Tea ceremony scam
Telecommunications frauds
Thai gem scams
The Murphy Game
The Napoleon scam
Three card Monte
Ticket inspector scams
Ticket scams
Timeshare fraud
Tour trap scams
Tow truck scams
Travel and subsistence fraud
U
Undercover cop scams
V
Vehicle matching scams
Vishing
W
Website domain name scams
Wedding planner scams
West African email and letter fraud (419 scams)
Whiplash scams
White van speaker scams
Wine scams
Wire scams
Work from home scams