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Mortgage fraud surges as confidence returns to housing market

by Julia Kollewe Mar 1st 2010 at 12:00PM

Filed under: Fraud , Mortgages, Property

Mortgage fraud surged again last year, in particular identity fraud, reversing a steady decline in fraud cases in previous years.

Total frauds increased by nearly 10% in 2009 from 2008, according to CIFAS, the UK's fraud prevention service.

The housing slump deterred fraudsters during the recession - but now they are back as the market has started to recover.


Tags: application fraud, ApplicationFraud, cifas, fraud prevention service, FraudPreventionService, fraudscape, identity fraud, IdentityFraud, mortgage fraud, MortgageFraud

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Take steps to protect yourself as identity fraud soars

by Jessica Bown Dec 7th 2009 at 4:00AM

Filed under: Credit Cards, Fraud , Loans, Technology and Online

Identity fraud has jumped by more than 12% since the beginning of the year, according to new figures from credit reference agency Experian.

Data from its fraud prevention database – National Hunter – shows a significant increase in the number of fraudsters making applications for credit cards, loans, automotive finance and mortgages using other people's identities.


Tags: bills, credit, credit cards, credit file, credit report, CreditCards, CreditFile, CreditReport, fraud, identity fraud, identity theft, IdentityFraud, IdentityTheft, loans

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