Stage 2
CIFAS — Credit Industry Fraud Avoidance System
Fraud prevention organisation that maintains the National Fraud Database
CIFAS is a not-for-profit fraud prevention organisation. They maintain the National Fraud Database (NFD) where member organisations record fraud markers. CIFAS does not place markers themselves — their members do. But CIFAS oversees the filing standards and can investigate complaints about member conduct.
Visit CIFAS website →What CIFAS can do
- Maintain the National Fraud Database (NFD)
- Set filing standards for members
- Investigate complaints about member conduct
- Process Subject Access Requests
- Provide protective registrations for identity fraud victims
What CIFAS cannot do
- Place or remove markers directly — only members can
- Override a member's decision to file a marker
- Award compensation
- Enforce marker removal
Key facts
775+ member organisations across 17 sectors
444,000 fraud markers recorded in 2025
Subject Access Requests answered within 30 days
Not a regulator — a membership organisation
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