Fraud Awareness for Financial Services Training Australia

5 Modules

Course Description

Fraud awareness training for financial services organisations in Australia. This course helps staff identify, prevent, and respond to customer and workplace fraud across banking, lending, payments, and internal operations.

Annual fraud losses in the Australian financial sector run at well over half a billion dollars, with risks extending beyond customer accounts and loans to include payroll fraud, expense fraud, supplier fraud, and identity theft.

This course builds practical fraud awareness by explaining fraud typologies and modalities relevant to financial services environments. Learners develop the skills to recognise warning signs, respond appropriately, and support fraud prevention efforts alongside existing fraud detection systems.

The training recognises that while financial services organisations rely on sophisticated fraud detection software, early identification often comes from staff awareness, tip‑offs, and customer education.

Why this training matters

Fraud presents a significant financial, operational, and reputational risk for Australian financial services organisations.

Internal fraud such as payroll, expense, and accounts payable fraud is more likely to be identified through staff awareness than through audits or automated controls alone.

External fraud including customer fraud, supplier fraud, loan fraud, online payments fraud, and identity takeover continues to evolve, requiring staff to recognise anomalies and intervene early.

Effective fraud awareness training helps organisations:

  • Reduce fraud losses
  • Strengthen early detection through staff tip‑offs
  • Support fraud detection systems
  • Improve customer education and protection
  • Reinforce accountability and fraud response processes

What this course covers

This fraud awareness training course covers:

  • What fraud is and who commits fraud
  • Consequences of fraud for individuals and organisations
  • Internal fraud risks including payroll, expense, accounts payable, and sales fraud
  • External fraud risks including loan fraud, card fraud, cheque fraud, and online payments fraud
  • Identity fraud and identity theft techniques
  • How to protect customers from identity fraud
  • Fraud prevention, detection, reporting, and response
  • Practical examples relevant to financial services operations

Tailor this course to your organisation

Do you have a policy, process, or subject matter expertise you would like to include? Talk to us about ways we can tailor this course to suit your needs.

Fraud Awareness Courses

Protect your business and your people

Protect your business, and your people, with eLearning programs crafted by compliance training experts.

  • Module 1: Introduction to fraud (all staff) 
  • Module 2: Internal fraud (all staff) 
  • Module 3: External fraud (all staff) 
  • Module 4: Identity fraud (all staff) 
  • Module 5: Fraud risk management (managers) 

This training is especially suitable for financial services staff who interact with customers or manage fraud risk. 

It is particularly relevant for: 

  • Customer‑facing staff 
  • Accounting and finance teams 
  • Operations and purchasing staff 
  • Sales teams 
  • Executive and senior management 
  • Staff involved in fraud risk and compliance functions 

By the end of the course, learners can expect to: 

  • Understand fraud typologies relevant to financial services 
  • Recognise internal and external fraud warning signs 
  • Respond appropriately to suspected fraud 
  • Support fraud detection systems through staff awareness 
  • Understand their role in protecting customers and the organisation 

What types of fraud does this course cover?
The course covers internal fraud, external fraud, identity fraud, customer fraud, loan fraud, and online payments fraud relevant to financial services organisations. 

Is this training suitable for customer‑facing staff?
Yes. The course is designed for customer‑facing staff as well as those working in fraud risk, operations, and management roles.  

Does the course replace fraud detection software?
No. The training supports existing fraud detection systems by improving staff awareness and early identification of anomalies.  

Can this course be customised?
Yes. The course can be tailored to your organisation’s fraud risks, controls, and reporting processes. 

Fraud Awareness Course

$75.00

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Please note

This course is exclusively for organisational clients and is not available for individual purchase.

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