By: Beth Fulks COMPUTER CRIMES IN CYBERSPACE

COMPUTER FRAUD AND THEFT  Crime committed by using a computer to post false information in the hopes of retrieving money or personal information  Uses , chat rooms, message boards, or websites  Examples of fraud are: identity theft, phishing, online auction fraud  Computer theft is taking another person’s property without his or her knowledge.  Examples of theft are: piracy and hacking  Kunz, M, & Wilson, P. (2006) Hankins, D. (2008). Hand with money. {photograph}. Creative commons

IDENTITY THEFT  Stealing someone’s personal information without their knowledge of the theft either through discarded mail or the internet.  Most identity theft happens from a relative, friend, or neighbor!  Computer crimes account for 11.6% of identity theft Miss Movie Mogul. (2007). Man stealing cards. {photograph}. Creative commons

HOW DO YOU PROTECT YOURSELF? SShred documents with bank account information DDon’t keep mail lying around MMonitor your credit report. McKnight, G. (2009). Identity Theft. {Photograph}. Creative Commons

Deceiving s or websites that appear to be from a credible company. They trick a person into giving personal information. Deceiving s or websites that appear to be from a credible company. They trick a person into giving personal information. PHISHING Betacontinua. (2008). Phishing. {Photograph}. Creative Commons

IDENTIFYING PHISHING S Always includes a link that will prompt you for a user name and password Appears to be from a credible company for such as from PayPal Uses scare tactics to make you feel like you are a victim of fraud

INTERNET AUCTION FRAUD  Buyers making a payment and not receiving the merchandise or receiving merchandise that is of poor quality.  Sellers not receiving payment for their merchandise  Drive up the bidding price: Bid Shilling or Bid Shielding Why haven’t my items shipped?

SOFTWARE PIRACY  Copying software illegally.  Piracy is a felony  People copy software because of its high prices

LEGAL COPYING  Allowed to copy software for archival purposes only but cannot be used when the original copy is owned. A copy made by the computer to the hard disc is acceptable because the computer erases it once the program is installed. Copies from Public Domain are legal Shareware software through try it before you buy it.  Allowed to copy software for archival purposes only but cannot be used when the original copy is owned. A copy made by the computer to the hard disc is acceptable because the computer erases it once the program is installed. Copies from Public Domain are legal Shareware software through try it before you buy it.

COMPUTER HACKING  Computer Hackers enjoy breaking into computer systems for the purpose of messing things up.  Hackers break into financial institution’s computers with the intent to transfer money.

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