Last year alone, reported the fraud authorities in the United States increased to 33 percent. Digit increase compared to the number fraud during the previous 3 years.
Losses due to fraud in the United States reached 264 million dollars in the year 2008. Most online fraud originates from the United States, Canada, UK, Nigeria and China.
Estimated in 2009 will be a busy year for the world’s most crime on the Internet. Fraud via the internet has a different way, with systems such as auction fraud, credit card fraud and the field of investment. Reports in the year 2008 reached 275,284 cases and 72,940 cases have been submitted to the parties concerned. Fraud on the Internet look like a tip of iceberg, actual conditions akan greater.
Digit percentage in the country, representing 11 percent of the UK, Nigeria 7.5% Canada 3%, China 1.6%. In the United States itself has a number 16% are made by California cities, followed by a newyork and Florida.
Auction items from eBay and Craigslist.com to target fraud via online contributions with 32%. Many buyers have to pay the promised goods, but not sent by the seller (fraudster).
Case spam email is also a means of fraud with the number 74%, 29% try to find other ways to use the site. Now criminals start using the internet services such as social networks and jarigan messenger.
One more interesting from cybercrime. There are cases that involve a new name in the FBI email. Make the message as if it FBI are looking for in a bank account transfer money to Nigeria. Recipient email promised prize money if they want help.
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