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Reports and Trends

Cifas reports and data give unique insight into the growing threat of fraud and financial crime, helping your organisation to develop effective counter strategies. They provide the perspectives and expertise you need to better understand the latest developments in the fraud and financial crime landscape.

Who Do You Think You Are: Recommendations on the Future Response to Large-Scale Identity Fraud

Identity fraud is one of the most common case types filed to the Cifas National Fraud Database and accounted for 64% of all filings in 2023. To highlight the industry’s growing concern and how the threat is exacerbated by criminals abusing AI technologies to steal identities and create fake documents, Helena Wood, Director of Public Policy at Cifas, and Kathryn Westmore, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), have co-written this report urging the Government to prioritise identity fraud with key recommendations for its forthcoming Fraud Strategy.

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The State of Scams in the UK – 2024 Report

There has never been a greater time to protect people and shift the dial on the UK scams epidemic. However, the counter-fraud community needs more support to intensify the fight against scammers, restore confidence, and protect people. Discover the key trends, the billions lost, and emerging scam threats impacting UK consumers via the Global Anti-Scam Alliance’s latest report, The State of Scams in the UK, conducted in association with Cifas. 

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Is it okay to commit fraud?

First party fraud has long been a problem throughout the UK – and it continues to rise. According to the latest data commissioned by Cifas, 1 in 8 (12%) UK people admit to committing fraudulent conduct in the last 12 months. That figure has consistently increased since 2022 (10%) and 2021 (8%). 

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Wolves of the Internet: Where do fraudsters hunt for data online?

Where do fraudsters hunt for data online? Read our new report in collaboration with Forensic Pathways looking at how criminals access personal data, with recommendations on how to stop them.

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 Fraudscape 2023

 Fraudscape 2023 finds organisations recorded over 409,000 instances of fraudulent conduct in 2022.

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Who are the victims of identity fraud?

In a joint report with LexisNexis, we assess the characteristics of impersonation to identify those most at risk. The report highlights that 19% of identity fraud victims are company directors – one of the most at-risk groups for this type of crime.

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Young people's attitudes towards committing fraud

Cifas worked with BritainThinks to investigate the attitudes of 16-19-year-olds towards the idea of committing fraud.

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Read the quantitative survey findings