A new third-party report describes efforts to compare estimates from BJS?s National Crime Victimization Survey Supplemental Fraud Survey (SFS) to estimates and victimization patterns from other available sources of fraud data. The SFS was the first effort by BJS to estimate the prevalence and characteristics of personal financial fraud experienced by persons age 18 or older in the United States. The report examines initial SFS estimates of the prevalence and nature of personal financial fraud and explores the similarities and differences between the SFS and other sources of fraud data as part of an effort to validate the SFS estimates.
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