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Internet fraud

type of fraud or deception which makes use of the Internet to defraud victims
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Internet fraud

Summary

Internet fraud has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • Internet fraud is a type of fraud[2].
  • Internet fraud is a type of cybercrime[3].
  • Internet fraud is a type of scam[4].
  • Internet fraud's Commons category is recorded as Internet fraud[5].
  • Internet fraud's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internet fraud[6].
  • Internet fraud's facet of is recorded as Internet[7].
  • Internet fraud's facet of is recorded as internet security[8].
  • Internet fraud's handled, mitigated, or managed by is recorded as Internet fraud prevention[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fraud[2], cybercrime[3], and scam[4].

Why It Matters

Internet fraud has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

internet security

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . nidirect.gov.uk. nidirect.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_internet-fraud_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Internet fraud}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/internet-fraud}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 26q28z
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0401150-internetove-podvody
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0401150-internetove-podvody, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → fraud, cybercrime, scam
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → Internet fraud prevention
    Topic's main category → Category:Internet fraud
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532653905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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