Financial Fraud and the Internet
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Financial Fraud and the InternetDet. Missy Coyne
Baltimore County Police Department
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Goals• To define Social Networking and it’s dangers• To be able to identify fraud related crimes and
scams that occur on the Internet• To discuss Identity Theft and credit card fraud• To understand the difference between a “breach”
and a “skim”• To discuss safe practices while using the Internet
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DefinitionCybercrime is criminal activity done using computers and the Internet. This includes
anything from downloading illegal music files to stealing millions of dollars from online bank
accounts. Cybercrime also includes non-monetary offenses, such as creating and distributing viruses
on other computers or posting confidential business information on the Internet.
Definition obtained from www.techterms.com
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How do people access the Internet?
• Internet Service Provider (ISP)
• Cell phone
• Tablets
• Gaming System– Playstation 3– Xbox 360– Wii
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What do we get from the Internet?
• Social networking sites• Email• On line chatting• On line gaming• Access to Financial Institutions• Access to Retail websites
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What is a “social network site”?• Social Network Sites are defined as “web-based services
that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-private profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site”. 2007 Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), article 11.
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Examples of Social Networking Sites (SNS)
• Myspace.com
• Match.com
• Plenty of Fish– Free Site
• Christian Mingle
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Facebook• Harvard ONLY SNS in early 2004• Started supporting other colleges but they
had to have university email addresses associated to those institutions
• 2005, opened up to high school students, professionals inside corporate networks, and eventually, everyone.
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Dangers of SNS’s
• Cyber stalking
• Cyber bullying/ threats
• Disclosure of private information
• ID Theft
• Take over or create pages
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Dating Web Site Dangers• After communicating for a period of time, the individual
indicates they have a friend in another country that needs assistance and convinces the subject to send money to the person in the other country.
• Similar scenario but ask the individual to send packages to them because they can’t receive the packages where they are.
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Cyber Stalking• Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to “Stalk”
someone. • "Stalking is a form of mental assault, in which the
perpetrator repeatedly, unwantedly, and disruptively breaks into the life-world of the victim, with whom he has no relationship (or no longer has), with motives that are directly or indirectly traceable to the affective sphere. Moreover, the separated acts that make up the intrusion cannot by themselves cause the mental abuse, but do taken together (cumulative effect). Wikipedia
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Cyber bullying
• Cyberbullying is being cruel to others by sending orposting harmful material or engaging in other formsof social aggression using the Internet or other digitaltechnologies.
– Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
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Lack of Laws for Adult based crimes
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Giving your personal information to individuals you
haven’t physically met
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Fraud Related Computer Crimes
• Phishing
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• Phishing– Emails or phone
calls that appear to be from legitimate companies asking for your information.
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Fraud Related Scams• Jobs
– Reshipping
• Craigs List– Room mates– Items– Vacation rentals
• Other Fraud Scams
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RESHIPPING SCAM
• Victims are usually contacted by instant message (IM) or online personal ads
• Suspects are from African Country (Nigeria or Ghana). They start “chatting” and a personal relationship develops
• Eventually they will ask victim to do favors such as accept deliveries and reship them to other countries
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FOREIGN LOTTERY SCAMS
It’s illegal to play foreign lotteries in the United States
A Federal Statute prohibits mailing lottery tickets, advertisements or payments to purchase tickets in a foreign lottery
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Publishers Clearing House
They do NOT call you on the PHONE
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Fraud Related Computer Crimes
• Identity Theft and Credit Card Fraud– Take over account fraud
• Wire Fraud
– Use of Credit card numbers
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• Begins when criminals obtain personal identifiers of individuals with good credit by:– Recruiting individuals who have access to other
people’s personal information in the course of their employment – Collusive Employees
– Stealing documents from businesses that contain personal information
- Medical records, loan applications, etc.
Identity Theft
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• Skimming – Theft of account numbers and track data
• Counterfeit Credit Cards
• Altered Credit Cards (re-embossing)
• White Plastic
• Lost/Stolen/Non-Received Issued (NRI)
• Misuse of Account Numbers
Types of Access Device Fraud
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“The replication of electronically transmitted full track data to allow or enable valid authorization to occur.”
Skimming
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What are they stealing?Credit Card Number & Name
CVC & CVV
Discretionary (may includehome address or other identifiers)
Information embedded within Information embedded within Credit Card TracksCredit Card Tracks
Skimmers Capture all 3 Tracks of Information
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Breaches
Intentional vs. UnintentionalSam’s Club vs Target
Breaches vs skimmingLocation of transactions
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Internet Fraud Prevention• Don’t answer or open emails from unknown
sources• Don’t provide your personal information to
someone you don’t know• If it sounds too good to be true…it is• Look for secure websites….https:// when
conducting on line purchases• Check your financial statements regularly
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Internet Fraud Prevention
• Use Anti virus and firewall protection to protect your system
• Don’t download software from unknown sites
• Use secure passwords for websites– Letters and numbers (characters if permitted)– Change often and don’t duplicate
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Questions?