7-1A. Types of Cyber Crimes. The following situations are similar, but
each represents a variation of a particular crime. Identify the crime
and point out the differences in the variations.
(a) Chen, posing fraudulently as Diamond Credit Card Co., e-mails
Emily, stating that the company has observed suspicious activity in her
account and observed suspicious activity in her account and has frozen
the account. The e-mail asks her to re-register her credit-card number
and password to reopen the account.
(b) Claiming falsely to be Big Buy Retail Finance Co,. Conner sends an
e-mail to Dino, asking him to confirm or update his personal security
information to prevent his Big Buy account from being discontinued.
(c) Felicia posts her resume on GoWork.com, an online job-posting site,
seeking a position in business and managerial finance and accounting.
Hayden, who misrepresents himself as an employment officer with
International Bank & Commerce Corp., sends her an e-mail asking for
more personal information.
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