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Fraud Statistics Shahla Ghasemi, a resident of Tampa, Florida, got a phone call about an inheritance coming from someone who died in Nigeria. She didnt know anyone in Nigeria, she had no idea where Nigeria was. US
Secret Service/Nigerian Scheme Information The Internet Fraud Complaint Center IFCC -- A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center NW3C to address fraud over the Internet. IFCC provides an online reporting system, that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends. To report Internet fraud click here. For more government crime and justice agencies, see Government Agencies The National Fraud Information Center -- A project of the National Consumers League - Consumers can call the hotline toll-free at 1-800-876-7060 or send questions. The oldest nonprofit consumer organization in the US, to fight fraud by improving prevention and enforcement. For more government crime and justice agencies, see Government Agencies Financial Crimes Division -- The Secret Service investigates crimes associated with financial institutions. This jurisdiction includes bank fraud, access device fraud involving credit and debit cards, telecommunications and computer crimes, fraudulent identification, fraudulent government and commercial securities, and electronic funds transfer fraud. For more government crime and justice agencies, see Government Agencies Preventing Identity Theft -- Identity theft is now the most common consumer fraud complaint in the US. Last year, more than 750,000 Americans had their identities hijacked, including high-profile victims like Oprah Winfrey and Tiger Woods. Hijacking of personal information for fraud or theft made up 42% of the 204,000 fraud complaints filed with the FTC. Identity theft complaints grew from 23% of the FTC's Consumer Sentinel database in 2000. Most computer
attacks come from the outside but the costliest ones come from
the inside. Here's
how to manage the risk without making honest employees feel like
crooks.
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2003 Guide to Computer and Internet Crimes and Cybercrime: Hacking, Intellectual Property Crimes, Policy, Cases, Guidance, Laws, Documents, Web Crimes, Targets (Core Federal Information Series CD-ROM) by U.S. Government -- This provides the work of the Justice Department on computer crime and intellectual property crimes and the National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), national critical infrastructure threat assessment, warning, vulnerability, law enforcement investigation and response entity, providing timely warnings of international threats, comprehensive analysis and law enforcement investigation and response. Topics include: The new and revised Electronic Search and Seizure Manual, Searching and Seizing Computers and Obtaining Electronic Evidence, Information Sharing, Legal Issues, Warnings, Publications, Major Investigations, Incident Reports. Legal Issues of Electronic Commerce Encryption and Computer Crime Federal Code Related to Cybercrime Intellectual Property Crime International Aspects of Computer Crime Privacy issues in the High-Tech Context Prosecuting Crimes Facilitated by Computers and the Internet Protecting Critical Infrastructures Cyberethics and Cyberethics for Kids. Nearly 9,000 pages allowing direct viewing on Windows and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included. Our CD-ROMs are privately compiled collections of official public domain US government files and documents. They present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched, or printed. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible. A great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable.
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