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- 3. Sending an urgent and persuasive SMS message prompting the recipient to reveal personal information.
- 4. Intentional vehicle or property fires caused to claim insurance compensation.
- 6. Capturing a card's magnetic stripe data and PIN code by installing devices on ATMs.
- 7. The act of altering a check, document, or card, such as adding a zero to a check amount.
- 8. Redirecting users who enter a legitimate bank website address to a fake one by manipulating DNS servers.
- 10. A commonly faked neck injury caused by rear-end vehicle collisions used in personal injury claims.
- 12. Falsely naming a less-risky driver as the primary user of a vehicle to lower insurance premiums.
- 13. Accomplices who rent out their bank accounts for illegal activities, often aware of their criminal role.
- 14. Impersonating a legitimate element of an IT system or a user's device to bypass authentication.
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- 1. Using stolen payment card numbers to purchase goods or services online.
- 2. A type of phishing carried out over the phone using social engineering techniques.
- 5. An individual, often vulnerable, recruited by criminals to open fake bank accounts or apply for loans.
- 6. A fraud technique where tiny, unnoticeable sums of money are systematically stolen from multiple accounts.
- 9. Unauthorized or illegal insurance intermediaries selling fake motor liability policies.
- 11. Deceptive emails that mimic official bank communication to trick customers into revealing login credentials.