What do you want to know?

Questions our clients have asked recently include:

What do burglars look for in a likely target?

Commissioned by Band & Brown, this research for Halifax Home Insurance interviewed 24 burglars in order to determine the factors that they took into account when selecting a target and their preferred items once inside.

What is the risk of company identity fraud and how does it happen?

This piece of research was commissioned for CPP. It surveyed over 500 UK SMEs to determine awareness of company identity fraud and explored the ways in which criminals could exploit procedures at Companies House in order to take over small businesses.

Is there a link between domestic burglary and identity theft?

This research for insurer LV= surveyed 202 victims of burglary in order to determine the number of burglary victims whose personal details were stolen; the number of burglary victims whose only loss was that of personal details and the number of victims who suffered financial losses resulting from the misuse of their stolen personal details.

In addition, this study provided a review of the academic literature on the topic, and sought the views of offenders on the role of identity burglary in personal data acquisition, the street value of personal details kept in the home and any trends in street value or market demand for identity documents.

The press release from LV= can be found here.

How do fraudsters operate?

This research, carried out for 192business, was based on over 100 interviews carried out with fraudsters over a four year period. It explored how fraudsters acquire identities with which they commit fraud, how they commit the fraudulent transaction itself, how they take delivery of the goods, services or money they have fraudulently obtained and how they profit from those fraudulently obtained goods.

The final White Paper, produced by 192business, may be found here.

How many children buy age-restricted products online?

This project, also for 192business, was commissioned by Weber Shandwick. It investigated the experiences and views of 1,000 participants aged between 12 and 17 years relating to the purchase or attempted purchase of age-restricted goods and services via the Internet. The survey was carried out at five major cities: Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Sheffield and London.