Fraud - Review 3

C2 Proficiency · Multiple Choice Cloze · Close-up C2, National Geographic Learning

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

rob

rip

steal

cheat

shady

stingy

lavish

cool

jumping

flying

leaping

soaring

crack

break

come

bring

extents

levels

lengths

degrees

dealings

transactions

operations

markets

bear

set

hold

stand

regular

open

aboveboard

true

Criminals are always seeking new ways to (1) ___ people off. The internet has provided very fertile ground for all manner of (2) ___ practices. From phishing and auction site fraud to identity theft and lottery scams, incidents of online fraud are (3) ___ . And though police forces now have dedicated cyber fraud departments to (4) ___ down on this type of theft, it seems they're fighting an uphill battle. Banks go to great (5) ___ to protect their customers' accounts with sophisticated software that can track suspicious (6) ___ . Criminals know they (7) ___ little chance of defeating these systems online, so they focus on customers directly, particularly the elderly. Criminals phone them claiming to be from their bank. Everything seems (8) ___ , but the unsuspecting victims are tricked into revealing confidential information and are robbed. It is the cruelest of lessons for society's most vulnerable members.

Fraud

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