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Don't get your pocket picked: a new generation of computer-sophisticated perpetrators is using shell corporations, counterfeit documents and stolen identification to defraud corporations. Credit managers need to know what to look for and when to call for help.(suggestions for fraud risk management )

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| February 01, 2004 | Gamble, Richard H. | COPYRIGHT 2004 National Association of Credit Management. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Fraud is a big problem. The average company loses more than $1 million annually to fraud, notes Gary Bares, president of Phoenix-based Verifraud, a fraud risk management consulting firm. In fact, between 15 percent and 30 percent of bad debt usually is due to preventable fraud, he claims. Typically, the perpetrators are a relatively small group of skilled professionals who victimize the same companies over and over again, year after year. They're clever enough to create credible fictional corporations that qualify for trade credit, but they're sloppy enough that they reuse addresses and phone numbers, work from the same city and have techniques that a fraud prevention pro ...

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