Fraud prevention guides for organisations
Created: January 31, 2020 at 1:16 PM | Updated: March 18, 2025 | By NZ Navigator Trust
Charities, like all organisations, are vulnerable to fraud and criminals are using increasingly sophisticated ways to defraud organisations. Have the policies and procedures in your organisation kept up?
Small Charities Guide to Preventing Fraud
The Small Charities Coalition (now part of NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations) developed a comprehensive fraud prevention guide as the result of a counter fraud campaign.
Note: The general concepts discussed in the guide are applicable to organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand, however, you can also find a Charities Services guide here for local help links.
The topics covered in the attached guide include:
- What is fraud?
- How to protect your charity from fraud
- How to spot fraud
- What to do when you have detected fraud
- Where to report fraud
- Top ten tips and
- A fraud risk template
You can download this guide from the Supporting Documents section below.
A beginner's guide to anti-fraud measures
Organisations are particularly vulnerable to fraudulent invoices, often received by email.
The attached help sheet is a brief overview, a beginner's guide to anti-fraud measures. It provides a simple checklist that your organisation can implement to protect itself from invoice fraud.
You can download this help sheet from the Supporting Documents section below.
Updating your organisation's policies
Financial policies and procedures written for New Zealand organisations, including one covering theft and fraud, can be found in the Platform Trust policy and procedures library.