Section 6 Flashcards
What is the most common form of Cybercrime?
Fraud
What percentage of people in 25 countries shop online at least monthly?
54%
What percentage of Americans shop online at least monthly?
66% or 2/3
What percentage of victims report cyber fraud to police?
15%
E-mails, texts, instant messing, social media, and online retail sites are all places where what takes place?
Cyber fraud
What is the most famous email fraud?
419 scam
You get the email, and it says something like I need help getting money out of my country and into your country if you help, ill give you a certain percent. What scam is this?
419 Scam
419 Scam got it’s name from what?
Nigeria Prince Scam. It was section 419 of their code that covers this crime
What is it when you create a fake website that is spoofing some legitimate website.
Phishing
Targeting a certain small specific subset of people, Allows you to do a more focused thing.
Spear Phishing
Universities making an email look like it is coming form the president when it is really from a scammer. This is an example of what?
Spear Phishing
One Specific Person.
Whaling
Specifically, signed phishing attack
Whaling
Go around by email a lot and basically they promise you money working from home and a lot of times you contact them and it is fake. This is known as what?
Work at home scams
People tell you if you go and buy a product and ship it somewhere, they will send your money for it. Sometimes a trick to get you to send them the product and they never pay you or it is money laundering, and they pay you with fake funds and sell it somewhere else to collect legitimate money. This is known as what?
Secret Shopper Scams
With the rise of online dating you have to make sure that the person is real. Cat fishing is a big deal. The scam could be I’m stuck in the airport and need help you send money and you never see them or your money again. This is known as what?
Romance Scam
A big thing on the Wolf of Wall Street that is all about a guy who got busted for a pump and dump stock fraud. True or False
true
Someone will buy up a bunch of shares in penny stock and then they will send an email that the stock will go through the roof and people buy the stock and he sells his and makes a huge profit. This is known as what?
Pump and dump stock fraud
Expensive stuff for cheap, you might get fake or nothing at all.
Spam
Used to have costs, but still existed.
Spam
Can utilize authentic branding and logos.
Spam
Fraudulent product or not product at all.
Spam
No product at all or Counterfeit Product.
E-Commerce Fraud
E-Commerce Fraud: 84.5% of fake goods are from where?
China and Hong Kong
90% of online prescription drugs from outside of the country have no active ingredient.
E-Commerce Fraud
