A fake profile of woman is created on Orkut. The profile displays her correct name and contact information such as address residential phone number cell phone number etc. Sometimes it even has her photograph. The problem is that the profile describes her as a prostitute or a woman of loose character so other Orkut members see this profile and start calling her at all hours of the day asking for favours, this leads to a lot of harassment for the victim and also defames her in society. What is the type of cyber-crime in this case. State the various types of cyber-crimes?

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A fake profile of woman is created on Orkut. The profile displays her correct name and contact information such as address residential phone number cell phone number etc. Sometimes it even has her photograph. The problem is that the profile describes her as a prostitute or a woman of loose character so other Orkut members see this profile and start calling her at all hours of the day asking for favours, this leads to a lot of harassment for the victim and also defames her in society. What is the type of cyber-crime in this case. State the various types of cyber-crimes? 

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