Telemarketing fraud is fraudulent selling conducted over the phone. It most often targets the poor and elderly. Common types include:
- Advance fee fraud (typically claiming that the victim will receive a lottery prize, government grant or loan, etc)
- Pyramid schemes and other misrepresented investments or business opportunities
- Overpayment fraud (where the victim is overpaid for a classified advertising or online auction purchase, with a counterfeit check or money order, and asked to wire back some of the excess)
- Charity fraud
- Preacquired account telemarketing fraud and cramming
- Bank-assisted telemarketing fraud and cramming
- Misrepresented office supplies (most commonly toner) or directory listing services
- Creation of false Third-party verification recordings attributed to customers of other telephone carriers, used for telephone slamming
References
- Competition Bureau of Canada and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (2006). "PhoneBusters: Recognize It". http://phonebusters.com/english/recognizeit.html.
- United States Department of Justice (1998). "What Kinds Of Telemarketing Schemes Are Out There?". http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/telemarketing/schemes.htm.
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