Cyber Crime Wave
Reuters reports that, as the economy worsens all over the world, cyber crime is increasing dramatically. Read the full story here.
The crimes include old friends, such as the Nigerian scam and auction fraud, as well as credit card fraud, Ponzi schemes, and, according to sources I have read elsewhere, mortgage relief schemes.
Here is an excerpt:
- Fraudulent sales on online auction sites like eBay Inc and classified sites like craigslist.com contributed to a 32 percent rise in the hottest area of online fraud — non-delivery of promised merchandise, the report said.
- That area alone made up about 33 percent of all complaints serious enough to be referred to law enforcement.
- Other important areas included investment scams such as mini-versions of the $65 billion Ponzi scheme committed by New York financier Bernard Madoff in which money from new investors is used to pay existing investors.
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