(law) A legal fiction describing a situation where a person or entity gained an unfair advantage over another by deceitful or unfair methods. Intent does not need to be shown.

(Internet) A type of fraud in which a computer program is used to simulate mouse clicks on advertisements, driving revenue to the advertiser, who is paid per click.

The theft of value-added tax from a government by exploiting the way VAT is treated within multijurisdictional trading where the movement of goods between jurisdictions is VAT-free.

A scam in which the solicitor offers large sums of money in return for a smaller up front investment.

(US, law) A felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television.

(US, law) A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America.

(law) A statute that bars enforcement of an oral contract.

plural of statute of frauds

(politics) Illegal interference with the process of an election, especially with the intent to stage a desired election outcome.

A police section specializing in fraud.