Internet Identity Theft

Most of the people have been in trouble by Identity Theft for decades.As the result of the growing increase of using internet the people have been faced with "Internet Identity Theft" more than before. This case is something different from common Identity Theft. Common identity theft occurs after something is physically stolen from you like a wallet that all your credit cards, driver's licence,etc is in it and after that the thief make a fraudulent purchase or use. But Internet Identity Theft is much more worse cause most of the victims are completely unaware of their loss and the fraudulent action with their Identities.A thief can get all the information of your computer like where do you go shopping most of the time and so many other information of your computer browser or he can install malicious (spyware) on your computer. All the information on your computer have been collected by this way.

The best way to be safe of this trick is to get an" Internet Security Solution" that is up to the challenge.

Nigerian Scams

Have you ever heard about "Nigerian Scam" ? Although the scam known as Nigerian , it 's been sent from everywhere in this world not just an event in Nigeria. It 's an e.mail message which are sent to a very expand mailing lists.The content is about promising a rich reward for helping , donating, helping in transaction of money, participating in an upcoming business with the dream of being very rich in a short time or even in dating websites someone ask for money and convince the other to give him/her this money.After a while the person who send money or even gives to the other all personal information/ identification and the credit card 's password has" Less than Nothing" because the person , organization , charity center, business office and whatever and whoever related to this e.mail will be vanished !!

FBI Warning

FBI ( Federal Bureau of Investigation) has been reported some frauds against itself as an e.mail to people. This particular e.mail claims that FBI has been monitoring your internet use and says you 've accessed to some illegal websites.

This e.mail wants all of your personal information and identification and some other question, and also the spread of computer Viruses affects everyone who use the computer.

WARNING: FBI never contact to people in this way so Don't Open this E.mail and any other unsolicited e.mail.

All these e.mails has been sent out with this e.mail address "post@fbi.gov" and "admin@fbi.gov"

cyberstalking

This is an interesting concept which i 've found it recently and want to share it with those who haven't heard about it.

Here is the meaning of "Cyber stalking" in wikipedia :

 "Cyberstalking is use of the internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual,a group of individual,or an organization .It may include false accusation , monitoring,making threats, identify theft,damage to data or equipment,the solicitation of minors for sex or gathering information in order to harass.

In US the first law against cyber stalking went into effect in1999 in California .

One of the most famous cases of cyber stalking is about a woman in US who broke up with her boyfriend and suddenly found that there is no money in none of her credit cards, all her money has been transferred out of her bank account and even her medical insurance was cut off finally four years later in 2009 she and a cyber crime expert proved that her boyfriend was responsible for all that events due to know all her information by detail.

So Be Careful .. Cyber stalkers Don't Discriminate.

Free Xbox !!!

The Xbox was released on November 15 .2001 in North America and it 's the sixth generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft.After a while there were so many scams with the request of your password and claiming to give you free Microsoft point and it was the first step of a way to fraudulent activity.Microsoft investigated possible frauds on its live online gaming service.This online gaming service has more than 6 million users thus Microsoft try to warn people to be aware of these activities and told them if Microsoft want to contact you they would do it through the email you registered your account with.

The Malaysian Top 5 Internet Scams

Here are five common and popular Internet Scams in Malaysia reported by Divine Caroline in 2009 :

1. Auction Fraud

                                                                                                                                     

2. Bank Fraud

3.You've won a Free Xbox fraud

4.Charity Fraud

5.Murder for Hire Fraud

These 5 different subject are very interesting and I've discussed about Auction Fraud,Bank Fraud and Charity Fraud in previous posts. It's time to talk more about Free Xbox Fraud and Murder For Hire Fraud. I am trying my best to find the clearest phrases to explain these two.Hope you read it and add your comment if you want to.

Online Dating Fraud

So many websites now offer online dating and it 's a very popular and common way to date in these past 5 years.

There is no website which can claim that is 100% immune of the danger of scammers. As the static of 2010 shows us the high risk area for online dating fraud remain Russia, Ukraine,Ghana,Nigeria,Columbia and the Philippine.

OFT ( Office of Fair Trading)says dating site users should take the following steps to avoid becoming victim :

-If you receive any money request be suspicious ! It might be a scam .

-If you meet someone unknown to you,always meet in public place or take your friend for support if you need.

If you want to travel specially to abroad tell someone trustworthy where are you going.

-If you receive any e.mail that you think may be a haox forward it to "money.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk"

Cyber Crime Growing Global Threat

While I was searching about the Cyber Crimes, I found some links related to this concept to improve my knowledge . This Video is a brief meaning of cyber crime,I will share it ,then you can know more too !! 

Internet Investment Scheme

Have you ever heard about a Vancouver man ( Canada) he pleaded guilty to internet fraud in 2008?

This is an interesting story about a man who sent an advertising and information to web about investment program it 's an internet investment scheme.More than 9,756 people sent to invest went to buy electronics,furniture,jewelery and even home and cars and he earned almost $684,388 .

Edwin T.Garcia 41 was sentenced to 2 1/4 years in prison and also ordered to pay $124,446 in restitution to the victims.

He also had two co-defendants that the two ordered to pay the same in restitution and they were sentenced one to 3 1/2years in prison and the other 3 years on probation and 6 month of home detention.

The New Design of 100 Dollar Bill

I 've heard that 100 dollar bill is going to have a new design soon.It is an important point in digital space.. The US Department of Treasury decided to do this to keep it more secured of digital fraud by using advanced technology.It is set to be issued on February 2011.

Here is some of the new points as the security purposes :

1.Blue 3D security ribbon on the front of the 100 $

2.The bell is the Inkwell on the front

3.The bell change color from copper to green when the 100 $ tilted.

4.The portrait watermark of Benjamin Franklin.

Here is a screenshot of new the 100$ also i add the link of "YouTube" showing you this new image in detail..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwEBIC0a4RY&feature=player_embedded#!