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Fraud Prevention and Detection

Learn Fraud Prevention and Detection Training, including fraud risks, digital scams, identity theft, payment fraud, workplace controls, reporting, and response.

Last Update July 18, 2026
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  • Level: Beginner
  • Duration: 2.5 Hours
  • Lectures: 5 Lessons
  • Access: 1 Year
  • Language: English
Fraud Prevention and Detection
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Course overview

Fraud prevention is important for protecting people, payments, information, and workplace assets from financial loss and manipulation. Common risks include digital scams, identity theft, payment fraud, vendor schemes, internal fraud, and weak controls that allow suspicious activity to go unnoticed.

The Fraud Prevention and Detection Training course covers fraud trends, scam typologies, victim targeting, the fraud triangle and diamond, phishing, identity fraud, payment and banking fraud, workplace controls, whistleblowing, legal duties, reporting, and response.

Learners will understand key fraud indicators, prevention and detection principles, digital safety controls, suspicious transaction red flags, evidence preservation, and recovery steps. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course.

Key topics included

  • Fraud trends, scam typologies, victim targeting, and loss patterns

  • Fraud triangle, fraud diamond, prevention, detection, and deterrence principles

  • Phishing, smishing, vishing, identity theft, account takeover, and AI impersonation

  • E-transfer, card, online banking, invoice diversion, crypto, and investment fraud

  • Payroll, expense, asset, vendor, procurement, kickback, and internal control risks

  • Legal duties, evidence preservation, CAFC reporting, victim support, and recovery steps

Entry requirements

  • There are no formal academic prerequisites for this course. Learners should have basic English reading and comprehension skills and a willingness to understand fraud risks, reporting expectations, digital safety controls, and ethical workplace behaviour. A careful, alert, and responsible attitude toward suspicious activity and information handling will support successful learning.

Who is this course for

This course is suitable for employees, supervisors, managers, compliance teams, finance staff, HR professionals, procurement teams, banking and payment personnel, customer service staff, risk teams, internal control staff, investigators, and anyone involved in handling transactions, workplace assets, vendor relationships, personal information, fraud concerns, reporting, evidence preservation, victim support, or response activities.

Certification

Certificate

Curriculum

20 Topics Covered 2.5 Hours
  • Modern Fraud Risks in Canada
  • Module 1 Quiz
  • Digital Scams and Identity Fraud
  • Module 2 Quiz
  • Payment, Banking, and Investment Fraud
  • Module 3 Quiz
  • Workplace Fraud and Internal Controls
  • Module 4 Quiz
  • Canadian Laws, Reporting, and Response
  • Module 5 Quiz
  • Fraud Prevention and Detection Final Exam

Frequently Asked Questions

Anyone interested in fraud prevention, scam awareness, payment fraud, workplace controls, or reporting responsibilities can enroll. The course is suitable for employees, supervisors, managers, compliance teams, finance staff, procurement personnel, customer service teams, and risk professionals.
You will learn about fraud trends, scam typologies, identity theft, phishing, AI impersonation, payment fraud, business email compromise, workplace fraud, internal controls, suspicious transaction red flags, legal duties, evidence preservation, reporting, and recovery steps.
Fraud training is important because scams, identity misuse, payment diversion, and internal fraud can affect workplace assets, customer trust, and operational integrity. Awareness helps employees recognize warning signs, follow controls, report concerns, and respond appropriately.
Yes. The course supports stronger awareness of fraud indicators, digital safety controls, suspicious transaction red flags, whistleblowing, ethics, investigation basics, CAFC reporting, victim support, and recovery steps that strengthen prevention and detection practices.
Yes. Certification is provided upon successful completion of the course and any required assessments. The certificate demonstrates your understanding of the key principles and practical applications covered in the training.