ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to build upon the body of knowledge on crime prevention in general, particularly the 25 techniques of situational crime prevention advocated by Clarke to identify a variety of fraud prevention tools which are regularly used. It examines crime prevention in general. The chapter highlights the importance of prevention in attempting to reduce harm and losses associated with cyber frauds and scams. There has been a huge body of research that has fuelled policies and tools to prevent crime. Rooted in the importance of opportunity, rational choice theory and routine activity theory, situational crime prevention has become one of the most dominant. Victim-led groups are very important for a variety of different types of crimes. There are also a number of commercial bodies that specialise in services which aid prevention. The chapter provides an overview of three Australian programmes that use financial intelligence to target online fraud victimisation: Project Sunbird; Operation Disrepair; and the National Scams Disruption Project.
