Sentence examples for common types of fraud from inspiring English sources

Dishonest home insurance claims were the most common types of fraud, the figures show, with 55,000 detected in 2008.

The two most common types of fraud occurring when a credit card number is written on a check are mail-order fraud and credit-application fraud.

One of the most common types of fraud involves telemarketing schemes that misrepresent the value, the terms of sale, or the use of the goods or services being sold.

According to the report, the most common types of fraud related to holiday accommodation, in which fraudsters set up fake websites and posted fake ads online, as well as fake airline bookings and bookings related to high-profile sport and religious trips, such as the World Cup or Hajj.

The most common types of fraud to affect electronic goods networks are click-fraud, the use of stolen payment-method details to purchase goods online, and attempts at money laundering.

Internet Services and Third Party and Creditor Debt Collection-related scams were the most common types of fraud perpetrated in Colorado, both accounting for 9% of total fraud reports.

One reader said he had fallen victim in June after being instructed to transfer $8,000 in Best Buy cards — a common type of fraud in which a person is told to obtain a prepaid card and provide the number to the caller.

An increasingly common type of fraud occurs when rogue individuals imitate legitimate factories, convincing foreign buyers to send deposit payments for various goods and services that they have no intention of rendering.

The investors were taken in a "prime bank" scheme, a common type of fraud in which investors are tricked into thinking their money will be placed in safe, well-regarded institutions, the SEC said.

According to CoreLogic's study, income fraud ― which involves misrepresenting the existence, continuance, source or amount of income used to qualify for a mortgage ― was the most common type of fraud the company saw in residential loan applications it reviewed from 2017 to 2018, at more than 22percentt.

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