Internet Fraud and Cyber Scams

Cybercrime Stories:

We're going to start a new chapter of cybercrime; and will share with you the stories of real cybercrime victims. Reading such stories carefully may help you protect yourself from Cyber Cowboys. Here comes the Sandra's story:



Sandra E. is a human resources professional who lives in a small town in Miami, Florida. She has used a computer in her job for more than ten years. At work, her computer is maintained by her organization’s IT department, and she has never experienced any security problems with the computer in her workplace.

Sandra considers herself to be computer savvy and believes that she is at low risk of online fraud for the following reasons:

• She never shops online because she doesn't want to risk exposing her credit card information, and she doesn't like the idea that data about her purchases might be stored and used to make a profile of her likes and dislikes.
• She uses her home computer