Table 1 Translation between fraud and computer misuse crime categories used in this study and NFIB codes
Analytical category | Original dataset category | NFIB code |
|---|---|---|
Consumer fraud | Online shopping and auctions | NFIB3A |
Consumer phone fraud | NFIB3B | |
Other consumer and retail fraud | NFIB3D | |
Computer software service fraud | NFIB3E | |
Ticket fraud | NFIB3F | |
Charity fraud | NFIB4A | |
Insurance broker fraud | NFIB6B | |
Door to door sales and bogus tradesmen | NFIB3C | |
Advance-fee fraud | “419” advance fee fraud | NFIB1A |
Lottery scams | NFIB1B | |
Counterfeit cheques, bankers drafts and employment opportunities | NFIB1C | |
Dating scam | NFIB1D | |
Fraud recovery | NFIB1E | |
Inheritance fraud | NFIB1F | |
Rental fraud | NFIB1G | |
Other advance fee frauds | NFIB1H | |
Lender loan fraud | NFIB1Â J | |
Investment fraud | Pension fraud committed on pensioners | NFIB16B |
Pension liberation fraud | NFIB16C | |
Share/bond sales or boiler room fraud | NFIB2A | |
Pyramid or ponzi schemes | NFIB2B | |
Prime bank guarantees | NFIB2C | |
Time shares and holiday club fraud | NFIB2D | |
Other financial investment | NFIB2E | |
Card and banking fraud | Fraud by false representation cheque, plastic card and online bank accounts (not PSP) | NFIB5A |
Services fraud | Application fraud (excluding mortgages) | NFIB5B |
Telecom industry fraud (misuse of contracts) | c | |
Mandate fraud | NFIB5D | |
Fraudulent applications for grants from charities | NFIB4B | |
Mortgage related fraud | NFIB5C | |
Insurance related fraud | NFIB6A | |
Dishonestly retaining a wrongful credit | NFIB5E | |
Pension fraud by pensioner (or their estates) | NFIB16A | |
Retail fraud | Retail fraud | NFIB3G |
Business compromise | Business trading fraud | NFIB9 |
Corporate employee fraud | NFIB8A | |
False accounting | NFIB10 | |
Corporate procurement fraud | NFIB8B | |
Bankruptcy and insolvency | NFIB11 | |
Public fraud | Fraudulent applications for grants from government funded organisations | NFIB14 |
DVLA driving licence application fraud | NFIB20A | |
HM revenue and customs fraud (HMRC) | NFIB15 | |
Department of works and pensions (DWP) fraud | NFIB13 | |
Other fraud | Fraud not covered elsewhere | NFIB90 |
Other regulatory fraud | NFIB17 | |
Fraud by failing to disclose information | NFIB18 | |
Fraud by abuse of position of trust | NFIB19 | |
Hacking | Hacking-server | NFIB52A |
Hacking-personal | NFIB52B | |
Hacking of social media and email | NFIB52C | |
Hacking: PBX/dial through | NFIB52D | |
Hacking (extortion) | NFIB52E | |
Malware, virus and (D)DOS | Computer Virus\\Malware\\Spyware | NFIB50A |
Denial of Service attack | NFIB51A | |
Denial of Service attack (extortion) | NFIB51B |