FBI-related scams and identity theft.
Ten Crime Types
Type Percent
1. Non-delivery Payment/Merchandise 14.4%
2. FBI-Related Scams 13.2%
3. Identity Theft 9.8%
4. Computer Crimes 9.1%
5. Miscellaneous Fraud 8.6%
6. Advance Fee Fraud 7.6%
7. Spam 6.9%
8. Auction Fraud 5.9%
9. Credit Card Fraud 5.3%
10. Overpayment Fraud 5.3%
Definitions of Cyber Crimes
- Non-Delivery Payment/Merchandise(non-auction) – Purchaser did not receive items purchased, or seller did not receive payment for items sold.
- FBI-Related Scams – Scams in which a criminal poses as the FBI to defraud victims.
- Identity Theft – Unauthorized use of victim’s personally identifying information to commit fraud or other crimes.
- Computer Crimes –1) Crimes that target computer networks or devices directly or 2) crimes facilitated by computer networks or devices.
- Miscellaneous Fraud – Variety of scams meant to defraud the public, such as work-at-home scams, fraudulent sweepstakes and contests, and other fraudulent schemes.
- Advance Fee Fraud – Criminals convince victims to pay a fee to receive something of value, but do not deliver anything of value to the victim.
- Spam – Mass-produced, unsolicited bulk messages.
- Auction Fraud – Fraudulent transactions that occur in the context of an online auction site.
- Credit Card Fraud – Fraudulent, unauthorized charging of goods and services to a victim’s credit card.
- Overpayment Fraud – An incident in which the complainant receives an invalid monetary instrument with instructions to deposit it in a bank account and to send excess funds or a percentage of the deposited money back to the sender.
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