Elements of fraud

• Unlawfulness-the wrong action must be seen in the eyes of society.
• Misrepresentation –may take the form of words or failure to disclose certain information in circumstances where there is a duty to do so.
• Intent- the person making the misrepresentation must have intention to deceive, defraud or foreseeing that the victim would be deceived.

• Financial fraud
• Forgery
• Insurance fraud
• False identities
• Cyber crimes

• Financial fraud-these are monetary crimes were perpetrators either falsify or forge documents such as vouchers, cheaque or any other accounting documents in order to obtain money fraudulently.

  Forgery-this type of fraud is related to falsifying and forgery of official documents such as title deeds, passports, academic certificates, driving licenses and National Registration Cards among other documents.

• Insurance fraud- insurance fraud is any act committed with intent to fraudulently obtain payment from an insurer.

  Credit card fraud-the fastest growing type of credit card fraud is counterfeiting. Recently, most counterfeits were manufactured using card readers to steal information from genuine cards to plastic card ones.

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