Around one in 13 (8%) people admit they have been involved in fraudulent conduct in the past year - including around one in seven (15%) 16 to 34-year-olds.
The most common "everyday" frauds included falsely claiming an online delivery had not been received in order to get a refund, receiving a single person discount on a Council Tax bill, and falsifying an insurance claim.
The survey of 2,000 people across the UK was commissioned by fraud prevention body Cifas and discovered the types of direct fraud seen as the most "reasonable" by those surveyed, included selling a vehicle that was subject to a finance agreement, money muling and submitting a false insurance claim.
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