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| Main » 2010 » December » 13 » Beware, Cyber Frauds are On Rise: How to Report & File a Complaint Against Hacker for Online Fraud & Scams
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Beware, Cyber Frauds are On Rise: How to Report & File a Complaint Against Hacker for Online Fraud & Scams
How to report you you become victim of online scam and fraud. Scammers often create a false sense of urgency.
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA).IC3's
mission is to serve as a vehicle to receive, develop, and refer
criminal complaints regarding the rapidly expanding arena of cyber
crime. The IC3 gives the victims of cyber crime a convenient and
easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of suspected
criminal or civil violations. For law enforcement and regulatory
agencies at the federal, state, local and international level, IC3
provides a central referral mechanism for complaints involving Internet
related crimes. How to file a Complaint with IC3IC3
accepts online Internet crime complaints from either the person who
believes they were defrauded or from a third party to the complainant.
IC3 can best process your complaint if IC3 receive accurate and complete
information from you. Therefore, IC3 request that you provide the
following information when filing a complaint: - Your name
- Your mailing address
- Your telephone number
- The name, address, telephone number, and Web address, if available, of the individual or organization you believe defrauded you.
- Specific details on how, why, and when you believe you were defrauded.
- Any other relevant information you believe is necessary to support your complaint.
According to FBI the BLACK HAT HACKERS or better to say CYBER CRIMINALS
may try to gain personal information by sending e-mails which
indicating problems with your financial accounts like bank. The Internet
Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, received 336,655 complaints in 2009, a
22 percent increase over the previous year. The center — a partnership
of the FBI and the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center — said
the complaints involved losses totaling $559.7 million in 2009, up from
$264.6 million a year earlier. - To
avoid being victimized by cyber fraud; Cyber Criminals, always be
careful of unsolicited e-mail (spam). Do not respond to it or clink on
links within it
- Be cautious of e-mail claiming to contain
pictures in attached files; the files may contain viruses. Only open
attachments from known senders. Scan the attachments for viruses, if
possible. CLICK HERE TO SCAN ALL YOUR FILES ONLINE
- Avoid filling out forms contained in e-mail messages that ask for personal information.
- Always
compare the link in the e-mail with the link to which you are directed
to determine if they match and will lead you to a legitimate site or
not.
- Log directly onto a store's website identified in the
e-mail instead of linking to it from an unsolicited e-mail. If the
e-mail appears to be from your bank, credit card issuer or other company
you deal with frequently, your statements or official correspondence
will provide the proper contact information.
- Verify any requests
for personal information by calling the business or financial
institution using the phone numbers listed on a billing statement or
credit card.
- Contact the actual business that supposedly sent the e-mail to verify if the e-mail is genuine.
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