EPF 6.3 Review

a crime when personal or financial information has been compromised from one individual and then used by another person to commit fraud.

• Identity Theft
• Advance Fee Schemes
• Telemarketing
• Internet Fraud

Investment fraud involves the illegal sale or purported sale of financial instruments.

• Investment Scams
• Prime Bank Note Fraud
• Skimming
• Ponzi Scheme

encourages people to send money to a foreign bank, where it is then transferred to an off-shore (outside of the country you live in) account in the control of the con artist. then the money will no longer exist.

• Prime Bank Note Fraud
• Skimming
• Internet Fraud
• Investment Scams

Internet fraud is the use of Internet services or software with Internet access to defraud victims or to otherwise take advantage of them by: Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC)Data Breach:Denial of Service: E-Mail Account Compromise (EAC): Malware/Scareware Phishing/Spoofing,Ransomware.

• Internet Fraud
• Skimming
• Prime Bank Note Fraud
• Telemarketing

a method used by identity thieves capture payment and personal information from a credit card holder.

• Skimming
• Fraudulent Practices
• Ponzi Scheme
• Prime Bank Note Fraud

Advance fee schemes occurs when the victim pays money to someone in anticipation of receiving something of greater value—such as a loan, contract, investment, or gift—and then receives little or nothing in return.

• Advance Fee Schemes
• Ponzi Scheme
• Identity Theft
• Skimming

a common form of marketing companies use to connect with potential customers of their products or services by making telephone calls to existing or potential customers.

• Telemarketing
• Investment Scams
• Advance Fee Schemes
• Ponzi Scheme

A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors. The scam, in it's true essence, pays early investors money from new investors and falls apart when no new investors come along to keep the flow of money going

• Ponzi Scheme
• Identity Theft
• Prime Bank Note Fraud
• Fraudulent Practices

misrepresented facts to influence the obtainment of a contract that causes harm to a purchaser.

• Fraudulent Practices
• Identity Theft
• Skimming
• Prime Bank Note Fraud