Fraud
Identity Theft
Laws
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Criminal acquisition of money or property from victims through the use of deception or cheating.

What is Fraud?

100

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?

100

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?

100

Federal organization handles the majority of cybercrime investigations in the United States

What is the FBI?

200

Government Email

Lottery

Pharming

Rental and Realestate

Spam

Virus protection

Vishing

What is types of Fraud?

200

Involves computers/internet to obtain personal information that is unprotected by the victim

What is High-tech?

200

A document made or issued by or under the authority of the US Government

What is an identification document?

200

Oversees database of fraud complaints.

What is the Federal Trade Commission?

300

Less direct interaction with victims and allowed for more prospective targets.

What is fraudsters adapting to online environments?

300

Involving simple techniques such as taking personal info from mailboxes

What is Low-tech?

300

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?

300

This state led the charge to hold organizations accountable to consumers when they experienced a data breach

What is California?

400

A type of fraud that happens in social media.

What is Social Engineering?

400

The use and abuse of credit card numbers or the identity associated with them.

What is carding?

400

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?

400

Possessing of machinery that duplicates identification card is illegal to which of the US Legal Code

What is Title 18?

500

Voice messages sent to cell phones to call back about warranty expiring etc.

What is Vishing?

500

5-15 years in prison, fines, and forfeiture of goods and materials obtained.

What is potential punishment for identity theft?

500

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?

500

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)?

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