Sentence examples for fraud target from inspiring English sources

"Vishing and courier fraud target some of the most vulnerable people in society by duping them into transferring money directly into criminals' accounts, or handing over bank cards and personal identification numbers to couriers – in some extreme cases people have also handed over cash or jewellery," says Rory Stoves of the FOS.

Experian Plc is a global information services company, which engages in the provision of data and analytical tools that are used to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers, and automate decision making.

IRS employees have been carefully reviewing returns with claims for the EITC, a frequent fraud target.

Banking assets and the large volume of personal information regarding depositors will keep banks at the top of the cyber fraud target list for the near and distant future.

He said: "[The hospital's] patients tend to have more complex types of cancer and this fraud targeted the suppliers of essential cancer drugs.

The City of London police have a specialist officer permanently stationed in Wall Street, and worked with the Spanish police to swoop on 110 conmen operating a "boiler room" fraud targeting elderly investors.

But Allison Southwick, a spokeswoman for the bureau, says that her agency is "very concerned about seeing a rise in instances of fraud targeting job hunters this year in light of the increase in the unemployment rate.

Dr. Taylor became acutely aware of financial fraud targeting the elderly almost 20 years ago when her father handed $17,000 to two men who approached him on the street and walked with him to his bank.

The agency is looking for examples of deceit and fraud targeting those age 62 and older, insight into how consumers can evaluate financial advisers who claim special expertise in advising elderly clients and information on military pension buyout schemes.

So-called "courier fraud" targets elderly people and involves criminals phoning victims pretending to be from an authority to extract pin details.

Just as there were multiple types of "fraud" targeting PayPal, expect criminals to emerge with a variety of schemes aimed at Bitcoin services and their users.