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Update: Computer Crimes

Update: Computer Crimes. Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner Update Technology Today. Topics. Size of the Problem Cyberstalking Nigerian Letter Scam Phishing Identity Theft Fraud Malware/Spyware Social Networking Sites Child Pornography/Online Predators. Size of the Problem.

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Update: Computer Crimes

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  1. Update: Computer Crimes Florida Crime Prevention Practitioner Update Technology Today

  2. Topics • Size of the Problem • Cyberstalking • Nigerian Letter Scam • Phishing • Identity Theft • Fraud • Malware/Spyware • Social Networking Sites • Child Pornography/Online Predators

  3. Size of the Problem FCPP Update

  4. Complaints Received Via IC3

  5. Top National IC3 Complaints

  6. Contact Method

  7. Top Ten States by Victims

  8. Florida Referred Complaints

  9. Age of Victims in Florida

  10. Amount Lost by Fraud Type for FLORIDA

  11. Amount Lost for FLORIDA

  12. Latest Computer Fraud Trends

  13. Latest Trends • Mystery Shopper • New Counterfeit Check Schemes • Disaster Fraud • Rental and Real Estate Scams • Telephone Denial of Service Attacks • Stranded or Jailed Scams (Grandchildren) • Sweepstakes or Lottery Notifications • Telephone Collection Scams

  14. Internet Hoaxes FCPP Update

  15. Internet Hoaxes What is it? • Deliberate or unintentional e-mail messages warning people about a phony virus or other malicious software program.

  16. Internet Hoaxes Prevention Resources Snopes (www.snopes.com) The online reference for Internet hoax information. Urban Legends at About.com (www.about.com) Well respected information encyclopedias.

  17. Types of Computer Crimes FCPP Update

  18. Cyberstalking FCPP Update

  19. Cyberstalking What is it? Florida Statute 784.048: "engaging in a course of conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated, words, images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic communication, directed at a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that person and serving no legitimate purpose.

  20. Cyberstalking Electronic Mail or Communications • E-mail • Instant Messaging • Chat rooms

  21. Cyberstalking Latest Trends? • Text messaging • Images • Camera phones

  22. Cyberstalking Prevention Resources (2)  Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly… cyberstalks another person commits the offense of stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree, (3)  Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly… cyberstalks another person, and makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury of the person, or the person's child, sibling, spouse, parent, or dependent, commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree,

  23. Child Pornography Sexting

  24. Cyberstalking Prevention Resources FDLE Florida Computer Crime Center: www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/cyberstalking

  25. Nigerian Letter Scam FCPP Update

  26. Nigerian Letter Scam What is it? • Also known as "419" fraud. • Combines the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme. • Letter or e-mail from Nigeria offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars. • Author, a self-proclaimed government official, is trying to transfer illegally out of Nigeria.

  27. Nigerian Letter Scam Latest Trends? • Recent Nigerian Variants • Beneficiary of a Will • Bogus Cashiers Checks • Donation Solicitations • American Soldier in Afghanistan or Iraq

  28. Nigerian Letter Scam Prevention Resources • Forward letter to the U.S. Secret Service as they are spearheading the effort against these scams. • Consumers or businesses that claim to have lost money in a Nigerian scam should call their local Secret Service office • More information at FDLE website: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/nigerian.html

  29. Phishing FCPP Update

  30. Phishing What is it? • ‘Spoofed' e-mail • return addresses, links, and branding appears to come from legitimate businesses • Banks, insurance agencies, retailers, credit card companies • Fraudulent messages trick the recipients into disclosing personal information • account usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, home addresses • E-mails look "official“ causing some recipients to respond to them.

  31. Phishing Latest Trends? • Smaller financial institutions, such as community banks and credit unions. • Increase in the number of variants of keyloggers, decrease of password stealing malicious code URLs. • New level of sophistication. • Vishing(Phone phishing/spoofing)

  32. Phishing Prevention Resources • Anti-Phishing Working Group • www.antiphishing.org • FDLE Florida Computer Crime Center • www.fdle.state.fl.us/Fc3/phishing.html • Federal Trade Commission • www.ftc.gov (free pamphlets)

  33. Identity Theft FCPP Update

  34. Identity Theft What is it? • Impersonation fraud. Personal ID info used to perform a fraud or criminal act. • Illegal acquisition of personal information such as name, social security number, driver's license, or bank/credit account numbers in order to engage in unlawful acts. • Third degree felony s. 817.568,F.S.

  35. Identity Theft Prevention Resources • Attorney General and FDLE have a website • Designed to serve as the State of Florida's official portal for identity theft information • www.myfloridalegal.com/identitytheft • National ID Theft portal • www.consumer.gov/idtheft • Free pamphlets

  36. Fraud FCPP Update

  37. Fraud What is it? • The crime of obtaining money by deceiving people. • Advance fee fraud • Goods never delivered • Fake checks • Lotteries • Online auction fraud

  38. Fraud E-Bay and Craigslist

  39. Fraud On-line Auctions • Non-delivery of goods • Bid fraud • Account Hacking • Misrepresentation • Pirated goods • Shell auctions • Internet fencing

  40. Fraud Latest Trends? • The average Florida loss to Internet fraud: $575. • Most Nigerian money offers, fake check scams, lottery scams, and phishing attempts were initiated by email.

  41. Fraud Latest Trends? • Top Internet frauds victimizing people age 60+: lotteries, phishing, information/adult services, and Nigerian money offers. • A growing number of foreign crooks are scamming U.S. consumers via the Internet. • Wiring money has become the most common method of payment in Internet fraud.

  42. Fraud Prevention Resources • www.IC3.gov • www.FraudBureau.com • www.Fraud.org

  43. Spyware and Malware FCPP Update

  44. Spyware What is it? • Computer technology • Gathers information about a person or organization • Without their knowledge or consent • Put on a computer secretly • Collects information about the user • Then sent to advertisers and other interested parties • Can be installed on a computer by: • Software virus • Result of adding a new program

  45. Malware What is it? • Software used as a tool by hackers to remotely access computers as well as corrupt or destroy important data. • Virus • Trojan • Worm • Adware • Hijackers • Dialers

  46. Spyware and Malware Latest Trends? • Virus infections DOWN • Due to anti-virus programs? • Malware UP! • Keyloggers • That’s where the money is! • Some spyware programs actively fight against and attempt to disable anti-spyware software

  47. Malware Latest Trends? • IM-Worms • Botnets and zombie machines up • Decline in successful email worms • Malicious code targeting mobile phones • Social engineering

  48. Spyware Prevention Resources • Currently, complaints about spyware in the US are handled only by the FTC. • Anti-spyware software: • Spybot Search and Destroy • AdAware • Spy Sweeper • Norton Internet Security Suite • McAffee, Trend Micro, Computer Associates

  49. Malware Prevention Resources • Internet security programs: • www. Symantec.com • www.Macafee.com • www.microsoft.com

  50. Social Networking Sites

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