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account holder. (c) Fraudulently altered. In this case a genuine cheque has been made out by the genuine customer but it has been altered by a fraudster, typically by altering the recipient’s name or by adding words and/or digits in order to inflate the amount. In
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systems allow customers to upload their cheque files to the bank including the cheque number, the amount of money, and in some cases, the payee name. Now, when a cheque is presented for payment, the bank scrubs it against the information on file. If one of the variables does not match, then the cheque would be flagged as a potentially fraudulent item.
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is the method of choice in defrauding a bank. There are three main types of cheque forgery: (a) Counterfeit. This is a cheque that has been created on non-bank paper to look genuine. It relates to a genuine account. (b) Forged signature. The cheque is genuine, but the signature is not that of the
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airplanes in his bathtub and removing the Pan Am insignia on the toys. He would then place the decals on the bad cheques he was writing while pretending to be a Pan Am pilot. The film depicts
Abagnale amassing over $ 2.5 million, while in reality he collected just under $ 1,500.
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2034:Kubus scheme
1914:Jim Browning
1909:419eater.com
1904:Scam baiting
1889:Romance scam
1859:Lottery scam
1804:Clickjacking
1748:Wash trading
1743:Trojan horse
1658:Return fraud
1608:Mock auction
1503:Drop swindle
1468:Bogus escrow
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1027:Tech support
1017:Racketeering
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1994:Dona Branca
1936:Spoofed URL
1844:Email fraud
1824:CyberThrill
1799:Click fraud
1713:Tarmac scam
1638:Pork barrel
1633:Pigeon drop
1623:Patent safe
1613:Moving scam
1523:Fiddle game
1473:Boiler room
1448:Badger game
1410:Sucker list
1383:Terminology
1244:Faked death
1237:Superdollar
1215:Other types
1155:Overpayment
1121:Credit card
1089:Advance-fee
995:Health care
844:ChexSystems
435:ChexSystems
384:ACH Network
249:Sometimes,
222:Abandonment
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1931:ShadowCrew
1884:Rock Phish
1829:DarkMarket
1819:Cybercrime
1794:Catfishing
1668:Shell game
1603:Mismarking
1528:Fine print
1488:Clip joint
1478:Bride scam
1298:Scientific
1160:Securities
1145:Mismarking
1111:Chargeback
1106:Bankruptcy
945:Employment
926:Disability
772:2024-09-20
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712:2013-01-16
699:The Ledger
676:16 January
549:2012-09-02
523:2019-07-29
489:2019-07-29
466:References
430:Bank fraud
400:Chase Bank
80:newspapers
2125:Impostors
1779:Avalanche
1593:Long firm
1513:Exit scam
1191:Electoral
1135:Insurance
1073:Paternity
1063:Fertility
1000:fertility
980:Long firm
900:Types of
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1899:SaferNet
1869:Phishing
1809:Cramming
1698:SSC Scam
1563:Hustling
1548:Gem scam
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1789:Carding
1663:Salting
1405:Shyster
1303:Spyware
1286:Romance
1249:Forgery
1227:Charity
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1186:Benefit
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916:Billing
372:Safeway
368:Walmart
251:forgery
245:Forgery
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2004:Ezubao
1864:PayPai
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