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Cifas Fraud Type

There are two Cifas Fraud Types (sometimes known as case types) that may appear on your Credit Report:

Protective Registration – which appears for 2 years after you have purchased this service from Cifas or indirectly through another provider. This Cifas Fraud Type appears where the entry on the Cifas database has been made at the request of the consumer.

An entry may be requested after you’ve been victim of crime, such as a burglary or theft, where personal documentation has been stolen. Stolen documentation could be used to apply for a credit account, policy, service or insurance claim in the victim’s name. Protective Registration helps to combat this. Victims of data breaches and those at particular risk of identity fraud may also register with the service.

Victim of Impersonation – if you have been a victim of identity fraud, you may have one of these markers place on your Credit Report for your own protection in an attempt to avoid further attempts.

How can I find Cifas Fraud entries in my details?

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Cifas Fraud Types are categories of fraud warning that are used by Cifas members to help identify impersonation attempts and other types of fraud. Other Cifas Case Types that lenders see, but that do not appear on your Credit Report, include:

Facility Takeover - where an existing customer`s facility (e.g. bank account) is hijacked by a fraudster and unauthorised transactions made, for example, money is transferred out, the address on the account changed, or new cards requested.

Application Fraud - where an applicant has used his/her own name but has made an application for an account, policy, service or insurance claim which contains a material falsehood for example, false employment details, false income, or concealed addresses. The use of a false document (such as a payslip, bank statement or driving licence) when applying for an account, policy, service or insurance claim would also fall within this case type.

Asset Conversion Fraud - where a customer sells goods (usually a vehicle) that he/she does not have title to, under a hire-purchase, conditional sale, contract hire, leasing or rental agreement.

Misuse of Facility - Obtaining an account or a policy or other facility with the deliberate intent of using that facility for a fraudulent purpose.

Insurance Claims Fraud - where false information or false documentation is supplied as part of an insurance claim.

To see all of the information held on you by Cifas, you will need to make a Subject Access Request by contacting Cifas directly.

How long do Cifas Fraud markers stay on a Credit Report?

Different markers will last for different time periods; Protective Registration will stay for two years, but a Victim of Impersonation marker will only last for 13 months.

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