In the meeting, the goal of commercial companies united in fighting curbing online crime. The new method superseded the old one caused the team can trace an intrusion efficiency. The cyber crime was decrease 0.3% from 2006 to 2007. So the dollar amount had risen from $198.44 million in total monetary value to $239.09 million in 2007. Although the most perpetrated by males, at the same time, the complaints still were majority male."The main contact method for fraud was overwhelmingly e-mails and websites. The highest activity for cyber crime was pet scams, check fraud, spam, and online dating sites. "
In this graph was showing us the top ten types of online fraud from 2006 to 2007. The high percentage of the online fraud was auction fraud. The second was non-delivery fraud, and the third was confidence fraud. We must pay particular attention to this three online. However, what types for online fraud, we must not believe the information and some person easily on the web. Communication over the internet is not done face to face; we do not what the real man is. So we need to protect our ID and private information safety when we are chatting or sharing something to someone. We should learn socio-emotional literacy skills to tell right from wrong and good from bad on the web.
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Your post mentions about auction fraud. This reminds me of some experiences in bidding online. There are many bidding websites offers attractive price jewelleies. My question is "Why are those jewelleries sold with unbelievable lower than their actual value?" It is too good to be true.
ReplyDeleteI guess some reason "Why are those jewelleries sold with unbelievable lower than their actual value?"
ReplyDeleteFirst, the jewelries are counterfeits.
Second, the jewelries are defect in the product.
Third, because the seller doesn’t need to pay the rent, advertise cost and more employees’ salaries, so they can decrease the jewelries’ price.
Fourth, the seller got its by illegal channel, they don’t care price for the product
A few years ago, I took a liking to a cell phone in the online shop. It was too cheaper than the actual value. So I asked the seller why it so cheaper, the seller told me, the cell phones were smuggle and seized by customs officers, then the seller had a relationship with the customs officers, they sold the cell phones to seller for the lowest price. So the phone could sell too cheap. However, whether or nor his/her words was real, this online shop was unreliable.
As I posted, ask ourselves before make a decision: Is it too good to be true? Bear in mind: Nothing is free! We don't know the things behind the screen!
ReplyDeletei agree with PING, nothing is free .But "FREE" is tempt that make people crazy.
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