This document discusses various types of internet scams such as email scams, credit card skimming, and employment scams. It notes that scams have become more common with the rise of the internet and global financial crisis. One common scam discussed is the "419" scam, where Nigerian scammers use greeting formulas, self-identification, and prompting strategies to defraud victims. The document also provides an example of a 419 email. It concludes by discussing approaches for combating internet fraud through cooperation between online communities and governing agencies.

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2. Types of internet scams
 Email scams
 Credit card skimming
 Fake fraud alerts from
banks
 Get rich quick schemes
 Weight loss scams
 ‘Guaranteed’
employment
 Money transfer
 Guaranteed visas

3. Increasing Threat
 The Present
 Scams have become
a regular part of our
internet experience
 Global Financial
Crisis has been
attributed to an
increase in illegal
activity
 Generation Y uses
technological skills to
increase wealth
 The Future
 These scams are
not likely to be
extinct in the near
future
 Online community
needs to work with
governing
agencies to
combat illegal
activities

4. A Common scam - ‘419’
Emails
 Nigerian term for online/financial
fraud
 Apply discourse strategies:
 Socio-cultural greeting formulas
 Self identification
 Reassurance/confidence building
 Action prompting strategies to maintain
interest

5. Types of 419 Emails
 Online lottery winning
announcements
 Acting as next of kin
for unknown deceased
relative
 Rich business man
needs help distributing
money to charity
 Email ‘business
proposals’:
○ Money transfers
○ Claims of dormant
bank accounts

6. Example of a 419 email
Action
prompting
strategy
Self
identification
Confidence
building

7. Self
Identification
Reassurance

8. My Report
 Research:
 Qualitative research
○ survey of 20 people
 Quantitative research
○ theories, journals, case studies, reports
 Findings:
 Common scams
 High number of people surveyed
experienced a form of scamming/fraudulent
behaviour

9. My Report
 Outcomes
 Using theories to overcome
cyber-crime
○ Government versus governance
○ E.g.. Foucault’s Model of Governance
 Strategies for deterring Internet fraud
 Network of relations and capacities within the
Internet community.