Phishers Abuse FBI for Malicious Intent
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Considering my topic for the poster project i.e. Internet Identity Theft (IIDT), I think this news will be the best example to explain one of the types of IIDT. Phishing, a very common way used for IIDT. It is the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an a
ttempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. And that’s what exactly happened with the innocent people at the Deviess County in Indiana. Several people received e-mails purportedly coming from the Anti-Terrorist and Monitoring Crimes Division of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). These e-mails claims that the recipient's bank accounts have been investigated for fraudulent transactions, of which the receiver is yet unaware and demands for the couple of hundred dollars to fix the problem. According to FBI, cyber criminal easily access the ample amount of information on the internet and run this type of scams.
So to avoid this type of incidents, always think before giving out your information and you can surly minimize the chances to be a victim.
Article link: (http://www.spamfighter.com/News-12004-Phishers-Abuse-FBI-for-Malicious-Intent.htm)
Considering my topic for the poster project i.e. Internet Identity Theft (IIDT), I think this news will be the best example to explain one of the types of IIDT. Phishing, a very common way used for IIDT. It is the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an a
ttempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft. And that’s what exactly happened with the innocent people at the Deviess County in Indiana. Several people received e-mails purportedly coming from the Anti-Terrorist and Monitoring Crimes Division of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). These e-mails claims that the recipient's bank accounts have been investigated for fraudulent transactions, of which the receiver is yet unaware and demands for the couple of hundred dollars to fix the problem. According to FBI, cyber criminal easily access the ample amount of information on the internet and run this type of scams.So to avoid this type of incidents, always think before giving out your information and you can surly minimize the chances to be a victim.
