In the broadest sense, a fraud is a deception made for personal gain, although it has a more specific legal meaning, the exact details varying between jurisdictions. Many hoaxes are fraudulent, although those not made for personal gain are not best described in this way. Not all frauds are hoaxes - electoral fraud, for example. Fraud permeates many areas of life, including art, archaeology and science. In the broad legal sense a fraud is any crime or civil wrong for gain that utilises some deception practiced on the victim as its principal method.

In criminal law, fraud is the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage them — usually, to obtain property or services from him or her unjustly. ^*. Fraud can be accomplished through the aid of forged objects. In the criminal law of common law jurisdictions it may be called "theft by deception," "larceny by trick," "larceny by fraud and deception" or something similar.

In academia and science, fraud can refer to academic fraud - the falsifying of research findings which is a form of scientific misconduct - and in common use intellectual fraud signifies falsification of a position taken or implied by an author or speaker, within a book, controversy or debate, or an idea deceptively presented to hide known logical weaknesses. Journalistic fraud implies a similar notion, the falsification of journalistic findings.

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RT @PaulMalouf: Leaders of rich world r enacting a giant fraud: Johann Hari http://tinyurl.com/yee4u4v (via @TheIndyNews) #climate #cop15
jimbobbysez (jimbobbysez) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:47:18 -0000
RT @PaulMalouf: Leaders of rich world r enacting a giant fraud: Johann Hari http://tinyurl.com/yee4u4v (via @TheIndyNews) #climate #cop15
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud-Sophocles
Estreetloans (Estreetloans) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:46:10 -0000
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud-Sophocles
The global warming fraud is right up there with the Al Gore inventing the internet lie. And to think some actually fell for both.
MDMore (Michael More') Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:46:05 -0000
The global warming fraud is right up there with the Al Gore inventing the internet lie. And to think some actually fell for both.
Belize Culture List, just another Belize Fraud:On Mon, 8/31/09, Lan Sluder
BelizeAuthority (The Belize TOURIST) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:29 -0000
Belize Culture List, just another Belize Fraud:On Mon, 8/31/09, Lan Sluder <lansluder@gmail.com>
Philly Couple Charged With $1.2M Medicare Fraud http://tinyurl.com/yexwfu6
HiricDotCom (Local Crime News) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:17 -0000
Philly Couple Charged With $1.2M Medicare Fraud http://tinyurl.com/yexwfu6
A year later, charities wiped out by Bernard Madoff fraud still feeling the sting http://bit.ly/7FCsCK #charities #bernardmadoff
RSSMicro (RSSMicro Search) Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:45:05 -0000
A year later, charities wiped out by Bernard Madoff fraud still feeling the sting http://bit.ly/7FCsCK #charities #bernardmadoff

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