Payment fraud

Payment fraud

Payment fraud involves falsely creating or diverting payments.

It can include:

• Creating bogus customer records and bank accounts to generate false payments.
• Intercepting cheques and Payable Orders and altering the payee details to try to cash them.
• Creating false payment and financial information to help make fraudulent claims for benefits.

Sometimes, fraudsters process false claims for benefits, grants or repayments to an accomplice or to themselves.

If you have information about fraudsters you can pass it on to Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555 111 or by filling out our secure online giving information form.