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The following types of fraud are premeditated and intentionally committed. Those who differentiate between types of fraud would place these in the category of “hard fraud,” which is considered more egregious than “soft fraud” since it is performed with malice aforethought.

Hard fraud takes planning, scheming, and even someone on the inside to help you get money from an insurance company. An example of hard fraud would be getting into an accident on purpose so that you can claim the insurance money. This example is fairly prevalent lately; someone hits the brakes so that the person behind them can’t stop quickly enough.

Another really severe form of hard fraud would be faking your own death or murder for the life insurance death benefit.

Hard fraud takes planning, scheming, and even someone on the inside to help you get money from an insurance company. An example of hard fraud would be getting into an accident on purpose so that you can claim the insurance money.