Introduction to Fraud and Fraud Prevention

Fraud costs UK business up to £190 billion every year. Investing in prevention is cheaper than the consequences of being a victim of fraud. Learn the basics of fraud prevention with this online Short Course. 

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Introduction to Fraud and Fraud Prevention

It’s estimated that the cost of fraud to UK businesses could be as high as £190 billion each year, with over 70 per cent of fraud occurring in the private sector and over 20 per cent in the public sector.

An increasing number of companies are experiencing fraud, or finding they need to invest more to prevent it. Ensuring your organisation understands the different types of fraud and how to prevent it is vital, and will help you protect your business and employees from the serious consequences fraud can result in.

The Course

The Highfield e-learning Introduction to Fraud and Fraud Prevention Short Course is designed to help your organisation understand the nature of fraud, how you may be vulnerable and its effects. It will give you the knowledge needed to reduce risk within your organisation and implement anti-fraud policies.

The course forms part of a suite of short e-learning course that focus on different types of economic crime, and is ideal for employees in busy workplaces who need to understand the issues around fraud.

Areas Covered

  • The definition of fraud
  • Different types of fraud
  • Legislation relevant to fraud
  • The consequences of fraud for individuals, businesses and organisations
  • The facts that explain how and why fraud occurs
  • Circumstances that increase the likelihood of fraud occurring
  • Fraud risk management
  • Creating a zero-tolerance culture
  • Anti-fraud policies
  • Preventing and detecting fraud
  • Fraud investigation

who is it aimed at?

Any employee who may be in a position where fraud is a potential risk, as well as their managers. It can also be used as a stand-alone module by anyone interested in finding out more about economic crime and the legislative requirements placed on individuals and businesses to combat it.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge needed.

Typical Duration

20 – 40  minutes.

The Highfield Quality Endorsed Stamp

The Highfield Qualifications Quality endorsed stamp means that the content of the courses that we provide is of the highest standard in terms of quality. Our e-Learning resources can be used as a stand-alone course or to prepare learners for a qualification from Highfield or other awarding organisations.

Once you have completed one of our e-Learning course you may then wish to go on to achieve a Highfield qualification and as we are a Highfield Approved Centre, This can be done by sitting a formal examination at our premises or yours if you are a business or you can use our Qualify at Home service which allows anyone to learn and get qualified from work, at home or anywhere with an internet connection, click here to find out more.

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How It Works

Our e-learning is available to use on multiple platforms such as tablets, PCs and laptops. All you need is an internet connection. Learners simply log on to the Highfield Learner Management System (LMS) and work their way through the course, along with the scenarios that provide them with real-life context.

Learners are assessed at the end of the course by multiple-choice questions.

Certification

Learners will receive a Highfield e-learning completion certificate, which is downloadable upon successfully finishing the course.

Why choose our e-learning?

We make the most complex of subjects easier to digest through media and content-rich exercises that motivate and engage learners. All of our e-learning uses interactive exercises and gaming combined with media-rich content, interactive scenarios, and relevant photography and illustrations. Content is provided by industry-leading experts. What that means for your learners is stimulating and engaging content they’ll respond to and, most importantly, remember.

Key elements of our e-learning courses are:

  • Interactive exercises/gaming
  • media-rich content
  • interactive 3D scenarios
  • content provided by market leading experts
  • relevant photography and illustrations
  • multi-generational content and style

Group Discounts

Group and bulk discounts are available on this course, to see what discounts are available please click the contact us button below and send us a message, we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Purchasing Licences

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