"familiar fraud" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: familiar frauds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} familiar fraud (countable and uncountable, plural familiar frauds)
  1. A type of fraud in which someone fraudulently opens accounts or makes purchases in someone else's name, in which the victim is a close friend or family member. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-familiar_fraud-en-noun-yH219KqR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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