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| COM 125- Introduction to the Internet |
This week we learnt about internet crime. It happened that this was part of my research paper in one of my module. I will extract the information from my research paper which includes, cases of internet crime and defination of the internet crime. 2 of the cases are of overseas case and one of which occurs in local-Singapore context. Email banking scam. Basically, it is an email that involves “phishing” which is actually “the practice of luring unsuspecting Internet users to a fake Web site by using authentic-looking email with the real organization's logo, in an attempt to steal passwords, financial or personal information, or introduce a virus attack; the creation of a Web site replica for fooling unsuspecting Internet users into submitting personal or financial information or passwords”. However, in this scamming situation, it was created in reality format due to the nature of the message which looks to be one that is from the bank. However, the link that was in the email would link the victim to the fake bank website, whereby the victim would divulge his or her information to verify the account after which there would be an error message and the victim would then be redirected to the real bank website. Furthermore, the web page used by the scammer includes of encrypted SSL (a form of encryption that provides additional security) connections which the US Federal Trade Commission advises the public to look out for the lock icon at the bottom of the webpage. As such it adds on to the influence of the public causing them to be scammed To read full article: http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39118902,00.htm?r=1 Social interaction online crime In this case, a man from Dayton would likely face a minimum jail term of 35years when sentenced. Basically what he had done was to persuade underaged girls to engage in sexually explicit acts for him in front of the webcam. He would get to know the girls in online chat rooms by using an interesting name and some unknown young man’s photo. During the chat, he persuaded his victims to commit sexual acts in the webcams and recorded it and even distributed the video around. His luck came to an end when one of his victims sent love letters to his former work place with one of the interesting names he used. His former employer found it to be related to child pornography and reported the matter to the authorities, after which he was caught shortly. In his case, it was also reported that he even hacked into the minors’ webcam whereby he would be able to look at them once they activate their webcam. A statement by Lockhart was released saying that computer being an important part of our life but it was also a way people would exploit its vulnerability. Therefore he advises parents to be vigilant about their children online activity (Lockhart, 2006). For full story: http://www.cybercrime.gov/millerPlea.htm Singapore cybercrime: Internet seller cheats buyers In Singapore, there is also an increase of cases related to cyber crime. In the most recent case, there was an internet seller who cheated the buyer. Basically, the sellers involved were a man and a woman. They had scammed off nearly $10,000 from buyers. They were actually supposed to purchase imported goods for other internet users, but after the money had been transferred to them, the goods did not arrive and they could not be contacted. Not long later, their web page closed down. However, in this case, they were unlucky as justice caught up with them and they were soon nabbed by the police. If convicted, they are likely to face a jail term of up to 7years. Full story: http://www.spf.gov.sg/mic/2007/071024_internetsellercheat.htm From these 3 cases, we can see that there are many internet crime around, and we ought to be vigilant in whatever we do when in the online world. Till next week. Cheers! ~me~ at 4:07 PM | |
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