Fraud Prevention Training Course

The consequences of fraud can be grave for companies, employees and their customers. It is a crime and also a predicate offence for money laundering.

Our Fraud Prevention Training Course will help your employees understand fraud, the different types of fraud, the triggers, red flags and how they can prevent it.

For those in leadership, we have a companion course entitled Fraud Prevention for Managers.

About this Course

Available as part of our Compliance Essentials Library and Global Compliance Library.

Learning Objectives

This course will prepare your employees to:

Define fraud and recognise its consequences
Identify the types of fraud which our Company may be exposed to
Apply our policies and rules correctly to prevent internal and external fraud
Recognise fraud indicators and red flags
Know how and when to report actual or suspected fraud

Latest Course Updates

Course redesigned with a more modern feel
Full review conducted by a fraud prevention expert
Text & image updates throughout the course
20 updated news stories to illustrate key fraud issues
18 updated activities & scenarios
Updated post-course assessment

Course Outline

Introduction

Understanding fraud

What is fraud?

- How serious is the threat?
- Who could commit fraud?
- What do you think?

Our anti-fraud policy

- Our zero-tolerance approach
- You make the call: Report or not?

Identity fraud

- How criminals steal identities
- Best practice for preventing identity fraud
- You make the call: Is it suspicious or not?
- Scenario: The debit card

Online fraud

- Online fraud examples
- Best practice for fighting cybercrime
- Scenario: Cybercrime risks
- Scenario: The suspected hack
- Types of payment fraud

Corporate fraud

- False accounting fraud
- Best practice for preventing corporate fraud
- You make the call: Red flags for corporate fraud
- Scenario: Rick's request

Employee fraud

- Employee fraud examples
- Best practice preventing employee fraud
- Scenario: Mr Jardine calls
- Scenario: Preventing employee-supplier collusion
- Scenario: Sickness absence

Customer fraud

- Customer fraud examples
- Best practice for preventing customer fraud
- Scenario: Phil's customer
- Scenario: The online store

Supplier fraud

- Best practice for preventing supplier fraud
- Supplier fraud examples
- Scenario: Jade spots a discrepancy

The Fraud Act

- Other offences
- Penalties and prosecutions

Preventing fraud

- The Fraud Triangle
- You make the call: Identifying elements of the Fraud Triangle
- Reporting & whistleblowing
- You make the call: Reporting fraud

Summary

Affirmation

Assessment

Access Our Courses on Skillcast Plans

Our compliance training courses are available across Skillcast plans. Our plans cover businesses with small to large teams and offer a mix of tailored and off-the-shelf courses.

We have three plans available; simply choose the one that meets your needs below.

Basic Plan

Skillcast Basic plan provides your own portal pre-loaded with the key compliance courses needed in your sector. It's the most comprehensive and cost-effective compliance training solution on the market for teams of up to 50 staff.

Prices start from £349 for 12 months.

Standard Plan

Skillcast Standard is a flexible plan for building your digital compliance portal. You start with our award-winning Learning Management System and select one or more course libraries to train your staff.

Later, you can add the Policy Hub for policy attestations, DSE self-assessment, Gifts and Hospitality register, and other features to streamline staff compliance.

Premium Plan

Skillcast Premium combines our innovative technology tools and features into one simple solution. The premium plan is designed for companies that want a fully featured, branded and managed portal to transform their staff compliance.

It enables you to create comprehensive user journeys to deliver learning and policies, obtain declarations and submissions, and consolidate data to achieve your compliance outcomes.

Course Specifications

Structure

Approximately 60-minute long e-learning course followed by a 10-question assessment.

Audience

Suitable for all staff - examples and interactivities designed for staff at all levels. No previous knowledge or experience required.

Design

SHARD-compliant, responsive display on all devices, accessibility on screen readers, visual design controlled via a client style sheet.

FastTrack Option

Ability to offer optional test-out, whereby users can choose to skip the course content and complete the learning assignment simply by passing the assessment.

Compatibility

All Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android (Flash-free for mobile compatibility). AICC and SCORM 1.2-compliant, suitable for both hosted and deployed SCORM or AICC.