The Fraud ID Handbook

The Fraud ID Handbook is designed to teach individuals, students, and those in continuing education curriculum to identify the common fraud schemes and to learn the breadth of fraud. The Handbook is ideal as a reference and as a text for basic law enforcement or accounting-fraud classes. Beyond covering the common frauds--confidence games, consumer fraud, contract fraud, etc.--the Handbook includes fraud scenarios found in few other texts: fraud and terrorism, mining fraud, fraud in gems and meteorite sales, and among hundreds of others, art fraud. The first chapter provides background--with definitions and a unique discussion of the history of fraud. The final chapter summarizes the global impact of fraud and outlines preventive measures for individuals and businesses.