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Author
Publisher
Willan
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
This book analyzes the expanding crime opportunities created by the Internet and e-commerce, and it explains how concepts of crime prevention developed in other contexts can be effectively applied in this new environment. The authors note that the Internet and associated e-commerce constitute a lawless "wild frontier" where users of the Internet can anonymously exploit and victimize other users without a high risk of being detected, arrested, prosecuted,...
4) Your neighbor's secret life online: protecting families from internet conmen, scammers and predators
Author
Publisher
New Horizon Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
6) Online scams
Author
Series
Publisher
BrightPoint Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Protect Yourself Online examines the risks and benefits of using the internet today. Readers will learn the history of important online issues, the warning signs of common online dangers, and the ways in which they can get online safely and responsibly"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Explores "the criminal masterminds driving some of the biggest spam and hacker operations targeting Americans and their bank accounts. Tracing the rise, fall, and alarming resurrection of the digital mafia behind the two largest spam pharmacies--and countless viruses, phishing, and spyware attacks--he delivers the first definitive narrative of the global spam problem and its threat to consumers everywhere"--Amazon.com.
"In Spam Nation, investigative...
Series
Publisher
U.S. Postal Inspection Service
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Criminals from around the world are using bogus e-mails and legitimate looking web sites to trick unsuspecting people. Once duped, they drain your bank accounts and wreck your finances. This dramatic film is a presentation of the United States Postal inspection Service. It tells the story of the international efforts to stop these scams and provides tips on how you can avoid being tricked by these criminals.
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"These days, the world wide web has become the Wild West. We are faced with a seemingly endless source of information, all of it difficult to evaluate. Trusted sources can be full of ads, bad actors can slip under the radar, and seemingly questionable databases might hold a helpful treasure trove. Historian Sam Wineburg and media literacy guru Mike Caulfield are here to help with this informative, approachable guide to navigating the internet. With...
Author
Series
Emma Djan mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When her dreams of rising through the police ranks like her late father crash around her, 26-year-old Emma Djan is unsure what will become of her life in Accra. Through a sympathetic former colleague, Emma gets an interview with a private detective agency tracking down missing persons, thefts, and marital infidelities. It's not the future she imagined, but it's her best option. Meanwhile, Gordon Tilson, a middle-aged widower in Washington, DC, has...
14) 419
Author
Publisher
Pintail
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims. Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: 'Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help ... ' At once a chilling thriller about a lonely woman avenging her father's death and an epic...
Author
Series
Report / 114th Congress 2d session Senate volume 114-208
Publisher
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English