What causes it?
People that respond to emails that ask for personal information.
People that buy online despite not checking whether they are using the right site or even making sure that the site is secure.
Well, criminals are becoming more and more techie and finding out ingenious ways of stealing money. Most internet frauds result from poor customer awareness. The biggest concern for online customers is the possible theft of their online credentials, especially those relating to net banking.
This often happens without the customers' knowledge, enabling fraudsters to steal money from their accounts in a recurring manner
Because they want to become wealthier and don't care about the negative consequences.
To make money....
One of the fastest growing white collar crimes in 2014 is identity theft. Other white collar crimes are money laundering, mortgage fraud, and Internet scams.
no,its fraud by mis -representation
It's fraud that is done by the internet, through email or websites.
You can't.
Hard to know and it probably varies from country to country, but the main types of crime on the internet are all financial (fraud, money-laundering etc).
Wire Fraud cover the internet.
internet fraud includes, identity theft, forms of cyber crime, "What is identity theft?Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personally identifying information, like your name, Social Security number, or credit card number, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. "Internet Fraud is an illegal activity wherein a person in possession of internet banking details of another person, impersonates them to use their funds.A Simple example would be:Lets say, I find your wallet on the floor and while scanning it, I see a paper with an id and password. By seeing the Id I realize that it is your Internet Banking id & Password for your ICICI Bank account. I happily login to your account and transfer the money in your account to my account.This is Internet Fraud...
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No it would be Uttering Threats.
potential for vote fraud
I actually don't think you can report coupon fraud on the internet. You might just want to go to the place where the coupon is redeemable. The cashiers should know.
internet fraud