<aside> <img src="/icons/package_gray.svg" alt="/icons/package_gray.svg" width="40px" /> A Fraud is a wrongful or criminal deception that is intended to result in financial or personal gain for the attacker

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One of the most common types of fraud that you will see online is known as identity fraud or identity theft

Identity Fraud and Identity Theft involves the use of another person’s personal information without their authorization to commit a crime or to deceive or defraud that other person or some other third part

Difference between identity fraud and identity theft:

• In identity fraud, the attacker takes the victim’s credit card number and charges items to the card

• In identity theft, the attacker tries to fully assume the identity of their victim

<aside> <img src="/icons/unfollow_gray.svg" alt="/icons/unfollow_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Scams are fraudulent or deceptive acts or operations

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The most common scam is called the invoice scam:

An Invoice Scam is a scam in which a person is tricked into paying for a fake invoice for a product or service that they did not actually order