Fraud
Criminal acquisition of money or property from victims through the use of deception or cheating.
What is Fraud?
Unlawful use or possession of a means of identification or another person with the intent to commit, aid, or abet legal activity.
What is Identity Theft?
Federal crime to possess, transfer, or use a means of identification of another person without authorization with the intent to commit or aid in the commission of illegal activity at all 3 levels of government.
What is Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998?
Federal organization handles the majority of cybercrime investigations in the United States
What is the FBI?
Government Email
Lottery
Pharming
Rental and Realestate
Spam
Virus protection
Vishing
What is types of Fraud?
Involves computers/internet to obtain personal information that is unprotected by the victim
What is High-tech?
A document made or issued by or under the authority of the US Government
What is an identification document?
Oversees database of fraud complaints.
What is the Federal Trade Commission?
Less direct interaction with victims and allowed for more prospective targets.
What is fraudsters adapting to online environments?
Involving simple techniques such as taking personal info from mailboxes
What is Low-tech?
10 extra years of prison time if false identification documents are used to commit an act of terrorism.
What is the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act of 2003?
This state led the charge to hold organizations accountable to consumers when they experienced a data breach
What is California?
A type of fraud that happens in social media.
What is Social Engineering?
The use and abuse of credit card numbers or the identity associated with them.
What is carding?
The importance of this act is that is allows the courts to order the offender to pay restitution in addition to any other penalties they may incur.
In addition, this act increases law enforcement abilities to pursue those involved in computer fraud who engage in interstate or international criminal activities.
This act imposes criminal and civil forfeitures of property used in the commission of acts of computer fraud
What is the Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2008?
Possessing of machinery that duplicates identification card is illegal to which of the US Legal Code
What is Title 18?
Voice messages sent to cell phones to call back about warranty expiring etc.
What is Vishing?
5-15 years in prison, fines, and forfeiture of goods and materials obtained.
What is potential punishment for identity theft?
Provides protections to help reduce the risk of identity theft, i.e.,
Requires businesses to use only the last 4 digits of a customer’s credit card on receipts
Mandates that consumers can receive one free credit report per year from each of the major credit monitoring services
Provides credit repair assistance to victims of identity theft
What is Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003?
Federal organization that provides online reporting method for cybercrime offenses such as identity theft and other online fraud
What is the internet crime complaint center (IC3)?