The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Case summary: A person C, fraudulently representing a company DCC, sends an email to another person E stating that some suspicious activity has been observed in her account. He asks E to re-register her credit card number and password for the account.
To find:The type of cybercrime.
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Summary Introduction
Case summary:A person C, fraudulently representing a company BBRF, sends an email to another person D and asks him to update his security information in order to avoid the account from being closed.
To find: The type of cybercrime.
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Case summary:A person F posts her resume for a position in business, and managerial finance and accounting on an online job posting site called GWC. Another person H, falsely representing himself an employment officer of a corporation, calls F asking for more personal information via email.
To find:The type of cybercrime.
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