Internet fraud

Since the introduction of internet in 1990s, people’s life has changed drastically. Because people use the internet in their day to day activity, constantly personal information like credit card numbers, bank details, social security numbers, personal data, usernames and passwords are travelling between computers through wires or air. As much as business believes that their user’s data is secure, hackers find their way to obtain user’s private data and use it for the benefit of the criminal.…

3.1 Introduction Fraud is one of the most crucial ethical concerns in the credit card industry (Delamaire, Abdon, & Pointon, 2009). Fraud can occur with any type of credit products, such as personal loans, home loans, and in retails. Delamaire, Abdon, & Pointon (2009) defines fraud as means of obtaining services, goods and/or money in a dishonorable manner, and is a growing problem globally. Fraud deals with issues concerning criminal cases that are difficult to classify (Delamaire, Abdon, &…

is just not about the money also it is about criminal accessing to your personal information. According to the Insurance Information Institute (III), “The 2015 Identity Fraud Study, released by Javelin Strategy & Research, found that $16 billion was stolen from 12.7 million U.S. consumers in 20014,…There was a new identity fraud victim every two seconds in 2014” (III.org). Therefore, today’s consumers have over 10 identity theft protection services to choose from. These protections will benefit…

effecting more and more people every year, a report released by Michael Keenan shows that an average Australian household is 16 times more likely to be effected by identity fraud then it is to be effected by a robbery, this same report also indicates that people are becoming less concerned about identity crime, however with fraud incidents increasing by 30,000 from 2014 to 2015 and misuse of identity increasing by almost 20,000 from 2014 to 2015 it is best to bring about concern to the ever…

Many people believe that they will never be a victim of identity fraud but everyone is vulnerable to it. Identity fraud is America’s fastest growing white collar crime. Identity fraud is a term used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain. The most common forms of identity theft occur when someone obtains another person's social security number, driver's…

landed in the wrong hands, then that can cause a lifetime of problems. It can cause your credit to lower, and your identity can be stolen. This is a reason why you don’t post different thing on the internet. Even when using a “secured” website you should always be carful because it could be trap. Internet fraud is huge problem in this day in time. There are multiple companies that are claiming that they can get you more money. There are also companies that give you one product, but they sold…

system by being another person, which is part of stealing in the cybercrimes. The thief uses the computer and the internet networks to take advantage of the victim by making a number of transactions either on their credit cards or any other card in use of the victim. (Richason) OVERVIEW: The occurrence is considered as unlawful when a person uses another’s personal information to commit fraud and even “theft”. In the year “1998” a law was passed in the Congress against the crime of identity…

When conducting company business, for example, emails, voicemails, telephone extensions, and internet usage employee’s computers are only to be used for company business. Any employees that are authorized to use company internet many use it to access additional software. If software is needed or websites, not already on the company network, talk to your manager and or the IT department to get request authorized (Heathfield, 2016). Company owned equipment devices or computers including but not…

Credit cards are becoming truly popular in today 's society; therefore, the avenue for criminals to take advantage is great and more criminals are creating ingenious ways to take a part of this industry. Criminals are awaiting to find a small window to interact and send attacks to business organizations such as retail stores that store consumers ' data into a secure database. Attacks will continue to affect society and organizations are losing billions of dollars trough these types of attacks.…

the email and internet usage company wide, which would include the board of directors and have made recommendations on potential policy’s that would reduce overall personal employee usage of the internet as well as prevent unethical or malicious activity. Our analysis included incoming and outgoing email, websites access, and overall internet usage by employee. Based on our assessment, we are making the following recommendations: 1. Redefine employee polices for email and internet usage. 2.…