email crimes and cyber law, email crimes and the Indian IT Act, 2000,Adv. Prashant Mali

1. Cyber Safe Thane - 2010 w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL Adv. Prashant Mali [BSc.(Phy.), MSc.(Comp. Sci.), CNA, LLB ] Cyber Law & IPR Expert Email Crimes & Indian Cyber Law

5. 1. Email Lottery Scam (Nigerian 419 Scam) w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m An Email Sample showing email received from Microsoft , for winning A lottery amount of $8000000 USD

6. 1. Email Lottery Scam (Nigerian 419 Scam) w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

7. 1. Email Lottery Scam (Nigerian 419 Scam) w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

8. 1. Email Lottery Scam (Nigerian 419 Scam) w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

9. 1. Email Lottery Scam (Nigerian 419 Scam) w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

10. 1. Email Lottery Scam (Nigerian 419 Scam) w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL Legal Status The nearest provision which is provided by the IT (Amendment) Act, 2008 is section 66-D whereby the offender is punished for cheating by impersonation and also Section 66-C which speaks punishment for Identity theft Also Applicable Section 415,416, 417 420 of IPC

11. 2. Sending Malicious Codes through email w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL The attachment is actually a Trojan file which still can escape detection by some antivirus products

12. 3. Email bombing w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL The email bomber jams your inbox continuously with same emails

13. 4. Illegal Email Forwarding w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

14. 4. Illegal Email Forwarding w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

15. 4. Illegal Email Forwarding w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL

16. 4. Illegal Email Forwarding w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL Section(43)(b) If any person without permission of the owner Downloads, copies or extracts any data, computer data base or information from such computer, computer system or computer network including information or data held or stored in any removable storage medium; Civil Liability : Compensation to be paid Section(66) : Imprisonment upto 3yrs OR Fine up to 5 Lakhs OR Both Also Applicable Section 379,405,420 of IPC

17. 5. Sending threatening/Defamatory emails w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL New Delhi, May 15: Noted lyricist Javed Akhtar has received death threats via email after he apparently called an Islamic cleric “insane” during a television debate about the fatwa against working women. Akhtar has informed the police about the messages which told him that “your countdown has begun”.

18. 5. Sending threatening/Defamatory emails w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL Section 66-A Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc. Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device,- a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character; or b) any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, or ill will, persistently makes by making use of such computer resource or a communication device, c) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two three years and with fine.

21. 7. Spreading Communal Disharmony thru Emails w w w . c y b e r l a w c o n s u l t i n g . c o m CONFIDENTIAL Section 66-F(1) Defines Cyber Terrorism and Section 66-F(2) Specifies Punishment of imprisonment which may extend to imprisonment for life

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