Section 6.2 Flashcards
Pii?
Personally identifying information
Social security numbers
credit card numbers
drivers license etc. These are all examples of what?
Personally identifying Information (Pii)
People using your ______ can commit lots of money making or saving frauds.
Pii
Pretend to be you to get your tax refund or become an employee somewhere to get a job where they cannot get a job. This is what?
Employment and Tax Fraud
Steal existing or get PII and open an account in your name. This is what?
Credit Card Fraud
To get services set up. This is what?
Phone/ Utilities Fraud
bank accounts. This is what?
Bank Fraud
People can go to the hospital or doctor’s office and stick the bill on you. This is what?
Health Insurance Fraud
On the run or because they have future plans to do something bad. Terrorists are either here legally or stole someone’s identity and pretend to come here legally. Easier to come by plane than walking through desert. This is known as what?
Conceal Identity from Lae Enforcement
Terrorism is a form of what?
Identity theft
Can use existing accounts or create new accounts.
Identity Theft
What may not be noticed by the victim for a long time?
Identity Theft
Bank and credit card companies have gotten better at noticing identify theft and finding out what is fake. True or False
True
Many people don’t know how identity theft happened. Between when the identity was stolen and when you find out there is normally a long time in between.
Identity theft. Don’t know what happened
Breaking into a banks credit card server. Home Depot and all of the customer account information got stolen. Is this a High tech or Low tech Pii capture method?
High Tech Pii Capture method
Working at a fast food restaurant and the person swipes it on the company one as well as a personal swiper that is in their pocket. Is this a high or low tech capture Pii method?
Low Tech Pii Capture Method
Dumpster diving, someone can take it out of the trash and fill out the application. Is this a high or low tech Pii capture method?
Low Tech Pii Capture Methods
Who is a famous credit card thief and salesman?
Max Butler
Who hacked into a brand of credit card swipe machines and figured out a fundamental flaw and how they communicated to the servers and he could overhear all of the transactions?
Max Butler
What are websites where you can create an account to buy numbers (credit card, passports, etc.)? They are extremely professional. They have salesman with valid credit card numbers and the buyers can rate the sellers.
Carding Market
Sell them and they can make money off of them in the carding market?
Selling stolen Pii, especially credit card numbers
Verification of sellers just like e-commerce.
Carding Markets
Buyer Ratings
Carding Markets
The buyer sends money to a third party and the seller ships the product to the buyer and then the third party sends the money to the seller. If there is a problem the third party can determine what happens to the product, buyer, and seller. What is this?
Escrow accounts
Do all 50 states have laws against identity theft and fraud?
Yes
What is illegal in every state?
Identity theft and fraud
What is a federal offense and offenders can be ordered to par restitution?
Identity theft and fraud
The exact punishment varies from state to state.
Identity Theft and Fraud
Who investigates financial crimes such as credit card fines and fake currency?
Secret Service
Besides protecting the president what do the secret service investigate?
Financial Crimes
Who investigates identity theft and terrorism?
FBI
Who investigates shipping goods and money out of the country?
ICE and CBP
UK- National Crime Agency is most like what in the US?
FBI
National Cyber Crime Unit
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