Talk:Certified Fraud Examiner

The February 2008 comment at the top of the page is unnecessary. The article is about a professional certification that is awarded by a professional association (i.e. the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners). Of course the primary source is the association and is thus affiliated with the subject. You will not find any third-party sources for this page. However, there will be third party sources for other pages dealing with fraud or fraud investigation in general.

I have no objection to the substance of the article, but perhaps explain why Sequence Forensic Accounting - out of the thousands of private sector firms doing this work - should be chosen here as a reference? --BramleyBarn 21:43, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I added the link back because in my research, I found that it had many, many helpful articles. I did not know that sites with valuable resources were prohibited from being a part of the links? Indiaforensic is also a private sector firm but the link remains.


 * I think we need to work to find the best links for this article. There are guidelines at spam.


 * Contribute cited text, not bare links. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a link farm. If you have a source to contribute, first contribute some facts that you learned from that source, then cite the source. Don't simply direct readers to another site for the useful facts; add useful facts to the article, then cite the site where you found them. You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to funnel readers off Wikipedia and onto some other site, right? (If not, see #1 above.)


 * The References section is for references. A reference directs the reader to a work that the writer(s) referred to while writing the article. The References section of a Wikipedia article isn't just a list of related works; it is specifically the list of works used as sources. Therefore, it can never be correct to add a link or reference to References sections if nobody editing the text of the article has actually referred to it."

Do you have any links with Sequence? The article is about CFEs, not fraud.

Indiaforensic is not a great link, but on first look appears to be a not-for-profit organisation so didn't want to take it down immediately. --BramleyBarn 07:48, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Is this real?
So isn't this just all a fraud itself, the association a made up institution to give some semi-fishy businesses credibility? I came to this article because I found the "CFE" term on this site http://ismycellphonebugged.com/Author.html - a site that seems to target private individuals who run around with a tin foil hat and not so much the businesses mentioned to give the book some more credibility. The author of that book carries a whole lot of similar "certificates" noone ever heard of and I wouldn't be surprised if the same people helps one to all of them.--80.171.136.100 (talk) 22:06, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * A CFE is very much a bona fide professional designation with a corresponding association (see their web site). They have been around for decades and have monthly journals and various chapters.  Most external and internal auditors are familiar with the designation.  In what way are you trying to improve the article rather than discuss the subject with your question? 72Dino (talk) 22:28, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

The association does not verify education, experience or background. Anyone can become a CFE by taking the exam and paying the membership fee. There are probably many honest and ethical CFE's but scammers and cons use the credential to gain credibility and to put their victims off guard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.240.35.25 (talk) 21:33, 6 June 2013 (UTC)