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Spam Ruse Promising Money For Being An Internet Crime Victim Spoofs IC3?s N
2008-06-08 22:44:00 (Picture courtesy of the FBI) “The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA),” according to their website. In their own words it provides a “vehicle to receive, develop, and refer criminal complaints regarding the rapidly ...
2007 Internet Crime Report Shows Dollar Loss At All Time High!
2008-04-08 15:28:00 According to what many consider a reputable source, the FBI, Internet scams have set a new dollar record ($240 million). Here is what they wrote about it in the press release (courtesy of the FBI site): Pets, romance, and secret shoppers. They?re each among the top ruses used by Internet scam artists in 2007, according to a comprehensive ...
Internet Crime Dollar Loss Reaches All-Time High, The FBI reports
2008-04-04 00:00:00 According to the 2007 Internet Crime Report, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 206,884 complaints of crimes perpetrated over the Internet during 2007. Of the complaints received, more than 90,000 were referred to law enforcement around the nation, amounting to nearly $240 million in reported losses. This represents a $40 million increase in reported losses from complaints referred to law enforcement in 2006. All complaints received by IC3 are accessible to federal, state, and local law enforcement to support active investigations, trend analysis, and public outreach and awareness efforts.
Craigslist Job Interview Turns Deadly
2007-10-30 03:31:00 Katherine Ann Olson, 24, has become the first person ever killed as a result of responding to a Craigslist classified ad. Olson thought she was responding to an ad placed by a married couple seeking a nanny; instead, she met her killer.
By: pajamadeen
Internet crime victims report counterfeit American Express gift cheques bei
2007-09-18 16:27:00 Scam (too good to be true) lure courtesy of miriyaparino at Flickr. Counterfeit checks like all the ones recently discovered by an International law enforcement team being sent from Nigeria aren’t the only bogus financial instruments being sent all over the world. In this recent effort against this activity, over 15,000 counterfeit instruments were discovered in a ...
Internet Crime, a rising industry.
2007-09-17 10:57:00 I just read a story on BBC regarding a report that Symantec Corporation published recently about cyber crime. According to the report, cyber crime industry is growing at an alarming rate. read more
By: BuzzVines
Internet Crime Complaint Center Receives One Millionth Complaint
2007-06-19 16:40:00 Since 2000, the Internet Crime Complaint Center has been receiving complaints about everything from action fraud to stolen identities. Last week, it received its one millionth complaint. The center, also called IC3 is run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National While Collar Crime Center. It passes information on to law enforcement ...
Auction Fraud Tops FBI?s Internet Crime Report
2007-03-19 17:10:00 The FBI’s Internet Crime Report for 2006 has been released. It shows that 45 percent of the complaints are for auction fraud and that “old standards” like the Nigerian letter still hook victims. In fact, according to the report, the Nigerian Letter accounted for the highest median loss ($5,100). Other Internet crimes covered in the report are ...
Auction Fraud Tops FBI?s Internet Crime Report
2007-03-19 16:42:00 The FBI’s Internet Crime Report for 2006 has been released. It shows that 45 percent of the complaints are for auction fraud and that “old standards” like the Nigerian letter still hook victims. In fact, according to the report, the Nigerian Letter accounted for the highest median loss ($5,100). Other Internet crimes covered in the report are ...
Is Julie Amero (in reality) another victim of Internet crime?
2007-02-17 03:43:01 Internet crime is a growing problem. Weekly, we read of large scale data breaches and spam is filling up our inboxes, despite the spam filters designed to stop it. The spam getting past these filters is often riddled with deceptive lures (links) to all sorts of porn sites. Criminals of all sorts, including those of a seemingly ...
Federal Trade Commission will fight Internet Crime across Bo
2006-12-28 19:41:01 Internet crime of often “elusive” because it crosses borders with “a click of a mouse.” To fight this a new law has just been signed by President Bush, which gives the Federal Trade Commission a license to go after the problem at it’s source. In their recommendations to Congress, the FTC wrote: Using Internet and long-distance telephone [...]
2006 was the Year of Internet Crime - 2007 is predicted to b
2006-12-24 07:30:01 Have you noticed spam getting past your e-mail filters lately? You’re not alone, experts are saying 2006 was the worst year ever in Internet crime - and it appears - security fixes are being defeated. Brian Krebbs (Washington Post) is warning: Few Internet security watchers believe 2007 will be any brighter for the millions of fraud-weary consumers [...] |
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