For those of you who have taken the CFE exams recently what did you use to study? Likes and dislikes of whatever material you used? Any recommendations for someone who is about to start studying?

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I took the live course and highly recommend it. They teach you everything you need to know for that section of the test and then give you that section the same day. I went in without prior studying and scored over 85% on each section based on the instruction. Good luck!

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Nice they tell you the score now! It was just pass or fail when took it and would never know how well I actually did.

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I've also heard really good things about the live course. (I used their software training program) I have always thought that the ACFE really lost an opportunity to be a highly regarded credential because they make the test and qualifications so easy. The content in their manual and training is actually quite good but they follow it up with a very simple exam.

Just my opinion though.

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