Some parents and guardians are concerned with their children's safety and fear the potential risk of the internet. It is important to distinguish between types of internet crimes.
- Crimes commited by on-line predators who search for children in chat rooms or for those children who place their personal information on a weblog (Blog)
- White collar crimes
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) was established as a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to serve as a means to receive Internet related criminal complaints.
Most common and ongoing Internet trends and schemes identified by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3):
· Auction Fraud
· Auction Fraud - Romania
· Counterfeit Cashier's Check
· Credit Card Fraud
· Debt Elimination
· Parcel Courier Email Scheme
· Employment/Business Opportunities
· Escrow Services Fraud
· Identity Theft
· Internet Extortion
· Investment Fraud
· Lotteries
· Nigerian Letter or "419"
· Phishing/Spoofing
· Ponzi/Pyramid
· Reshipping
· Spam
· Third Party Receiver of Funds
http://www.ic3.gov/media/IC3-flyer.pdf
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