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Top 10 Internet Crimes of '06

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-much-pwnzing dept.

An anonymous reader notes that "The Bad Guys blog at USNews.com offers a look at the top ten Internet crimes of 2006. The federal study cited draws on over 200,000 complaints to US law enforcement and regulatory agencies. Top crime: auction fraud, followed by other online rip-offs. "

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  1. Nigerian scam letters by Nukenbar · · Score: 2, Interesting
    How are these still the #1 loss per incident crime? Have people really learned nothing, or are all of these crimes targeting new users of the internet.

    I would say that auction fraud could happen to just about anyone.

  2. I notice by i+kan+reed · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That child pornography accounts for 1% of all internet crime. Yet, somehow, this seems to be the only crime I've heard of the FBI cracking down on. Is this because of skewed news reporting? Or is it because of the relative severity of child pornography? Or is it "thinkofthechildren"ism?

  3. Seriously? by Mr+EdgEy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Net crime and no mention of piracy? Glad to see they're accepting it as a non-crime now :)