The basic tools of scam artists are Forgery, Counterfeiting and Trickery. By forgery on all kinds of documents such as checks, legal contracts, deeds or titles, swindlers transfer your assets to their side of the balance sheet where they quickly liquidate them. The venues for these frauds occur in all walks of commerce such as the Insurance and Banking Industries, Retail Businesses and Restaurants, as well as Investment Institutions and Corporate America. Computer frauds such as Desktop Counterfeiting are common place already and internet technologies are also being used to commit fraud. Many precautionary steps must be taken to combat such frauds.
Attention needs to be given to everything from handling the mail to taking out the trash.
Office security needs to be considered including the various methods of backing up networks and computer systems.