Address fraud
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Address fraud is a type of fraud in which the perpetrator uses an inaccurate or fictitious address to steal money or other benefit, or to hide from authorities.[1] The crime may involve stating one's address as a place where s/he never lived, or continuing to use a previous address where one no longer lives as one's own.[2][3] Laws pertaining to these types of crimes vary by location.
In one form of address fraud, the perpetrator uses a former address as their current address to receive mail by deliberately failing to report an address change and using the old address on legal documents.[4]
In another form, a person misrepresents a communal mail box at their home as their exclusive address to take advantage of benefits available to others in the home.[5]
