Please join us and the Identity Theft Resource Center for our upcoming Twitter chat during International Fraud Awareness Week to discuss the impact of fraud. Fraud Week runs from November 11-17, 2018, and is a global effort to minimize the impact of fraud by promoting anti-fraud awareness and education. Fraud and identity crimes often go beyond the known financial implications and can have emotional, physical and psychological impacts experienced by victims.

One shared characteristic among fraudsters is creativity. Devising a scheme and then covering one’s tracks requires a certain amount of ingenuity. Sometimes, though, fraudsters take it one step further and venture into the realm of downright weird. Mark Twain said, “Truth is stranger than fiction…” Here are some of the spookiest frauds, so strange that we couldn’t have made them up if we tried.