The difference between Fraud and Identity theft
When used as nouns, fraud means the crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics, whereas identity theft means the deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.
Fraud is also verb with the meaning: to defraud.
check bellow for the other definitions of Fraud and Identity theft
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Fraud as a noun (law):
The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
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Fraud as a noun:
Any act of deception carried out for the purpose of unfair, undeserved and/or unlawful gain.
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Fraud as a noun:
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
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Fraud as a noun:
A person who performs any such trick.
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Fraud as a noun (obsolete):
A trap or snare.
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Fraud as a verb (obsolete):
To defraud
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Identity theft as a noun:
The deliberate assumption of another person's identity, usually to gain access to that person's finances or to frame a person for a crime.