Many online media avenues have recently been focusing on the topic of Internet fraud. Business leaders, computer security experts, lawyers, medical boards, banking institutions, etc. They do not fully understand the kinds of frauds that can be conducted through or with the aid of the Internet, or the ramifications of such frauds for the future of e-commerce.

This paper has three principal goals. First, it will identify the principal types of Internet frauds that law enforcement and regulatory authorities are observing. Second, it will explain the major psychological influence techniques that criminals use in conducting such frauds (including the similarities between those techniques and the “social engineering” techniques of hackers). CFP: Proofing yourself from Internet Fraud

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