eMail Identity Theft

2011

instruction throughout the attainment of my degrees have molded my perception of the world and what role my education plays in it. I would like to express my special thanks to my husband, Chris, who has always given me hope that one day this would all pay off. I would like to say thank you to my parents, Roy Wayne, Sr. and Connie Collett, who never gave up hope on me and is mostly responsible for my achievements. I would like to thank my siblings of London,

International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, 2012

The captivating issue of false identity on internet is already an old phenomenon, but until now no uniform legal response really exists. For some, anonymity is deemed to be a right, but for others, using a false identity will be a tort. Thus, the protection of the identity takes various forms, both in civil action and in criminal procedure. However, the question involves a second aspect, not only in substantial law, but also in the field of law of evidence: how does one prove the real identity of the author of a computer related crime? The difficulty to connect the use of an IP address, or even of an electronic certificate, to a real person leads automatically to other legal responses which aim more directly to condemn identity theft and unauthorised access to information systems! The objective of this paper is to discuss the need of a reformulation of the concept of identity theft in order to correspond to the evolution of the behaviour and frauds. On the internet, identity theft is not the same as in the real world -a means of the commission of other offences, but is rather an autonomous crime.

Information Security, 2007

Identity theft is an emerging threat in our networked world and more individuals and companies fall victim to this type of fraud. User training is an important part of ICT security awareness; however, IT management must know and identify where to direct and focus these awareness training efforts. A phishing exercise was conducted in an academic environment as part of an ongoing information security awareness project where system data or evidence of users’ behavior was accumulated. Information security culture is influenced by amongst other aspects the behavior of users. This paper presents the findings of this phishing experiment where alarming results on the staff behavior are shown. Educational and awareness activities pertaining to email environments are of utmost importance to manage the increased risks of identity theft.

Computer Fraud & Security, 2004

Advances in digital crime, forensics, and cyber terrorism book series, 2012

BACKGROUND Sarah regularly uses her credit card online. When purchasing clothes from an online shop, she became distracted, and she failed to notice that the site was not secure. Her credit card details were stolen, and the thief has used her credit card to make payments of over $2,000. Sarah was not aware of her victimization until her credit card was refused after a meal at a restaurant.

2007

Identity theft is an attractive activity for cyber-criminals. Every day, many people are victim of one of the many cyber-traps resulting in millions of dollars lost. People victim of these crimes suffer terrible consequences trying to clear their names. Hundreds or even thousands of dollars as well as time and energy could be spent in dealing with credit reporting bureaus, financial institutions, law enforcement and other sources to recover from this crime. In this paper, some of the most recent strategies and tools developed to defend against these type of attacks are also discussed. Among the most important tools are Spoofguard, PwdHash, and SafeCache developed at Stanford University. In addition, WebWallet and Security Toolbars implemented at MIT are also described.

International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2008

Last November/December 2007, I was invited to two prestigious events of Cyber Criminology. The POLCYB International Summit on Policing Cyberspace, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand and the UNODC core group meeting of Experts on Identity related Crime and ISPAC Conference at Courmeyeur, Italy. I was also entrusted the task of preparing the Bangkok Declaration of the International summit on Cyberspace by the Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB), Canada and that is published as a special paper in this issue. Hence in this editorial I would like to focus about identity related crime and its impact in the cyberspace.Identity is a holistic term to portray "an individual's comprehension of him or herself as a discrete, separate entity" (Identity, 2008, para 1). Finch (2007, pp.29-31) provides a brief typology of identity:"Identity is a complex and multi-faceted concept ... and it can be divided in to three categories: personal, social and legal. Personal identity relate...

Social media refers to social sites where people get to communicate information, run their business through advertising, as well as mingle with other people. Foursquare, Twitter, Facebook, email and YouTube are among the leading sites that people use to communicate with each other (McCafferty& Dennis 19-21). These websites require a minimal amount of personal information in order to be part of the site. Social media identity refers to information about you that is posted either in the form of text, videos or photos that may later have a significant impact towards your reputation or career. Within the social media, people get to meet new people encounter different experiences some good other bad. The most encounter social media usually faces are identity theft, scam or spam’s on one's account. The problem of my choice is “online fraud and identity theft.” Fraud and identity theft are a common phenomenon that affects many people on different social media sites. Many people who face identity theft or fraud end up using large sums of money as well to much time trying to repair or recover their identity. For many years’ online scam and theft has been a pattern of the unending event in almost everywhere. Some of the factors that typically contributed towards the chain of events involve growing comfort with other users, ignorance by users towards protecting their identity, as well as lack of values and policy. Frequently online media sites generate their earnings through advertising. Hence during this adverts they often encourage their users to offer as much information as possible.

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015

The present age of technological advances have boosted the crime of cyberspace identity theft. Although this crime is not new, the Internet has expanded its scope and created innovative ways of committing it, leading to a new variant called cyberspace identity theft. The identity thief uses information relating to the identity of another person's such as name, address, telephone number, mother's maiden name, social security number, social insurance number, health card number, bank account information, driver's license number and date of birth. It is stealing someone's identity information to commit theft, fraud or other crimes. This paper aims to reviews the historical, international and regional background to the law relating to cyberspace identity theft. Also addressed, are the national, regional, and international approaches to combating the problem, with a particular focus on the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Iran.Given the above premise, one of the objectives of this chapter is to examine the meaning of cyberspace identity theft from a global perspective. It aims to advance an acceptable definition of cyberspace identity theft (in addition to other related concepts) such that it would be easy to identify the crime, facilitate its investigation, as well as prosecution.