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    Detection/ Prevention Fraud Policy for Non-For-Profit Organizations When most think of not-for- profit organizations they know the nature behind the organization is a do-good culture. The missions behind these organizations are often to do good for others mostly the less fortunate society. With many knowing the organization is for the good of others it could make them vulnerable to fraud. A not-for-Profit organization places a greater trust in their employees because of the meaning behind the cause

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    and public transportations, etc .They don’t want to carry their money. So they use credit cards. At the time they start using credit cards, a lot of credit card frauds are take placed. So, polices have a new kind fraud to protect. In this assignment , I explain “how we sell our credit cards and how we protect from the credit cards frauds”.In our project, we used many strategies to sold our credit cards such as marketing strategies and market challenger strategies. Credit Card “ What is a credit

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    unsuitable materials and making sure that technology doesn’t impact your life in a negative way severely. It also includes utilization of information securely. Another aspect of electronic safety is socializing with others safely. Some dangers of the Internet include phishing, spam, hacking, viruses, interaction with strangers, etc. Cyber Bullying Cyber bullying is the use of technology to intentionally spread rumors or inappropriate content to harass or harm someone in an aggressive manner. A Cyber bully

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    otherwise known as street crimes, violate state and federal laws without the use of a computer and/or internet. Rape, homicide, distribution/using of illegal substance, assault, burglary, breaking and entering, possession of unregistered firearm, etc. are some examples of traditional crime. Just like traditional crime, cybercrime is inevitable and unavoidable as long as computers and the internet are around. It can pick and choose its victims at random and although there are ways to lessen the chances

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    online crime, cybercriminals employ different tactics for various reasons. Their intention can be stealing money, obtaining valuable data, or simply revenge. When the Internet was created, security was not taken into account. Most of the technologies we depend on today have no effective security. The security issues of the internet are due to software thinking everyone is playing by the rules. The design flaw allows cybercriminals to exploit and deliberately cause software to perform tasks that not

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    if I were to become a victim, better it be today then five, ten or even 100 years ago. The common perception is that identity theft is a computer generation crime, which is increasing by the day. Truth is, identity theft dates back before the Internet, computers, the digital age at all. Mobsters may have brought it to an art form decades ago, and its title was quite literal derived. In that era, identity theft was not a financial white-collar crime of impersonation for purpose of embezzlement

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    Cendant Corporation, one of the world’s largest hotel and real estate franchises was known as the largest accounting fraud before Enron. Cendant Corporation was created in 1997 when Hospitality Franchise Systems (HFS), Inc. merged with Comp-U-Card international (CUC). Chairman Walter Forbes and Vice-chairman Kirk Shelton were the perpetrators to a decade long accounting and securities fraud. The day after Cendant exposed evidence of accounting irregularities the corporations stock and convertible bonds

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    determines the proof of culpability. The actus reus of the computer crime is its content. Relating this to cybercrimes lies in the communication means through which the crime was committed that is; the internet and the connectivity of computers. Therefore the crime committed through the use of the internet connectivity, primarily qualifies the offence as if the offence concerned relates to tangible property. The definition of what constitutes a computer crime varies from country to country. There is no

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    another dimension to crime. The intensity with which the Internet is used in our everyday lives is a huge factor in determining the increasing rates of cyber-crime. In this era of technological advances, people are unaware of the high risk of exposure of their personal information. While each of the networks that make up the Internet is owned by a public or private organization, no single organization or government owns or controls the Internet. According to a study conducted by the UNDOC, at least

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    2.2 Fraud risks in online banking The threat landscape The section above traced the evolution of the banking industry’s adoption of IT based innovations with the aim of offering a suite of products and services to delight their retail and corporate customers and to gain cost reduction and market share. Whilst these developments have grown the market universe exponentially it has also created opportunities for crime syndicates and fraudsters to take advantage of the wider canvas and customer ignorance

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