Cybercrime
Modern Scam:
A Summary of the Seven Most Threatening Scams of our Generation
Intended Audience
Cybercrime:
Cybercrime is a serious threat to continued use and reliance on the internet. From bank accounts, to e-mail addresses and a myriad of password, if one is not careful, identity theft, account break-in, and other such cybercrimes can happen very quickly, and with incredibly negative repercussions. This paper will aim to summarize the study "The Seven Scam Types: Mapping the Terrain of Cybercrime" by Amber Stabek, Paul Watters and Robert Layton at the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory, and will also describe the purpose of the study, its intended audience, and the various details given for the reader, as well as terms and references.
Purpose of the Study
The paper's abstract starts by stating that the threat of cybercrime is a growing danger in today's economy. This is a strong statement, and clarifies the purpose of the paper which the reader can assume is to prove how this is so and what one can do in order to understand this issue better. The paper continues by stating that cybercrime is quite complex, and that it affects many industries and businesses, as well as individuals. However, since cybercrime is such a complex crime (it includes laundering, trafficking and terrorism), these criminals will often target those who can either pay more, or those in the public eye, where they will have most impact.
The study further states that there are various classifications for cybercrime. In order to cement its purpose, it offers the cybercrime classification framework (CCF). The CCF is definitely one of the primary purposes of the paper, as the objective is "to determine a classification system that can be used by various parties to refer to similar types of scams in the international cybercrime." This is because of the fact that "inconsistencies in...
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