National Consumer Protection Week: March 3-9, 2013
FBI: Frauds from A to Z
The following list provides links to information on many of the common and emerging frauds—both specific schemes and larger categories of crime—investigated by the FBI and its partners.
- Adoption Scams
- Advance Fee Schemes
- Anti-Aging Product Fraud
- ATM Skimming
- Bankruptcy Fraud
- Corporate Fraud
- Credit Card Fraud
- Financial Institution Fraud
- Foreclosure Fraud
- Funeral Fraud
- Gameover Malware
- Grandparent Scam
- Health Care Fraud
- Hedge Fund Fraud
- House Stealing
- Identity Theft
- Insider Trading
- Insurance Fraud
- Internet Fraud
- Internet Pharmacy Fraud
- Investment Fraud
- Jury Duty Scam
- Letter of Credit Fraud
- Lottery Scams
- Mass Marketing Fraud
- Mortgage Fraud
- Natural Disaster Fraud
- Nigerian Letter or “419” Fraud
- Online Auction Fraud
- Online Auto Auction Fraud
- Online Dating Scams
- Online Rental Housing Scheme
- Phishing
- Ponzi Schemes
- Prime Bank Note Fraud
- Pump-and-Dump Stock Scheme
- Pyramid Schemes
- Ransomware
- Redemption/Strawman/Bond Fraud
- Reverse Mortgage Scams
- Scareware
- Securities and Commodities Fraud
- Senior Citizen Fraud
- Smishing
- Social Security Card Fraud
- Spear Phishing
- Sports Memorabilia Fraud
- Staged Auto Accident Fraud
- Stock Options Backdating
- Surrogacy Scam
- Swatting
- Telemarketing Fraud
- Telephone Denial of Service Fraud
- Timeshare Schemes
- Vishing
- Work-at-Home Scams