INTERNET CRIME

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but know they are stealing credit card identities say Brigid McMenamin in her article “Invasion of the Credit Snatchers.” Cyber thieves will steal an individuals credit rating of someone with the same last name and use it as there own. Online Internet transaction scams are occurring more and more. It is a general estimate that fifty million U.S. dollars worth of Internet Transactions in 1997. Transmitting credit card information over an unprotected electronic environment such as the Internet is perceived as a high security risk. Another type of fraud committed is telemarketing fraud. The definition of Telecommunications Fraud is “when individuals or organizations acquire access to telecommunications services by some deceitful act.” (Hutchison 19) As!
telecommunications technology has made recent advancements there has been benefits for both the honest consumer as well as the dishonest. On the web there is a vast amount of advertisement for a wide range of products. Unfortunately not all these advertisements are legitimate. T...