The Prosecution of Computer Crime

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The Prosecution of Computer Crime According to FBI assistant director Louis M. Reigel, there were 2, 300 Katrina-related sites, double the number two days earlier. Of the 800 the FBI had investigated, 60% were presumed to be bogus. On September 14, of the 4,000 sites claiming to offer assistance to Katrina victims, the FBI believes up to 60% are likely bogus. The FTC officials are expecting a new wave of credit cards complaints, such as promises of instant credit and new credit cards and loans, even though people have a bad credit history. To add, there are several types of Hurricane Katrina Scams that are in effect. The three types of scams are the most prevalent and the most serious. First, is Phishing scams, as mentioned before many fraudulent websites have already been set up pretending to be legitimate Hurricane Katrina relief organizations. Also, sites of this sort ask people for donations, but in fact steal financial information and may be used for identity theft as well, of course the funs goes in the pockets of the scammers instead of the people. Next, is Viruses and Trojan horses, spam is sent that includes photos of disaster areas or individual survivors, and these attachments contain computer viruses. Finally, Variants of the Nigerian fee scam, this consist of the unsolicited of email(spam) is sent with the supposed purpose of retrieving large amounts of money tied up in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. To add, the three known categories of computer crimes are (1) computer as a target (2) Computer as an instrument (3) Computer as an incident. To add, cybercrime is a criminal activity or a crime that involves the internet, a computer system, or computer technology. Cybercrimes are highly known around the country to be used. Also, most of the computer crimes are unauthorized or computer intrusion. There are three
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