About us

The National Fraud Authority (NFA) is an executive agency of the Home Office. This means we sit at the heart of government with access to key decision-makers and ministers across a range of key departments.

We work with a huge range of stakeholders from across the wider government, law enforcement, industry and voluntary/charity sectors to focus and coordinate the fight against fraud in the UK. Fraudsters attack all economic sectors and parts of our society. Our fight against them is much more effective when we work together.

'Fighting Fraud Together' sets out a new approach with the ambition that: 'By 2015 our country will be demonstrably more resilient to and less damaged by fraud through:

• individuals, businesses, public and voluntary bodies detecting and preventing more fraud
• law enforcement and other partners increasing the risk of disruption and punishment to organised and opportunistic fraudsters, thus deterring potential criminal offenders'

We will deliver this mission through three strategic objectives:

• awareness: we will prevent more fraud by achieving a step change in awareness of fraud among the general public and organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors and in their ability to protect and safeguard themselves
• prevention: we will prevent more fraud through stronger systems and controls in our businesses, and public and voluntary services
• enforcement: we will strengthen our response to be tougher on fraudsters by disrupting and punishing them more efficiently and effectively