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Running head: MITIGATE GROWING TREND OF ONLINE SCAMS AND FRAUDS 1 Mitigate the Growing Trend of Online Scams and Frauds Student Name Course Name April 23, 2022
MITIGATE GROWING TREND OF ONLINE SCAMS AND FRAUDS 2 Mitigate the Growing Trend of Online Scams and Frauds Introduction In recent years, it has been noticed that the number of victims of fraud via the internet has increased. One of the main reasons is the customers’ ignorance of the regulations and laws the bank or tax authorities operate. Most thefts occur by deceiving the consumer that the caller is the bank or the tax authority. Internet scams are various fraud approaches worked with by cybercriminals on the internet. Scams can occur in a heap of ways-by means of phishing messages, online entertainment, SMS messages on your cell phone, counterfeit technical support calls, scareware and then some. More than one of every four individuals who detailed losing cash to fraud in 2021 said it began via virtual entertainment with an advertisement, a post, or a message[ CITATION Emm221 \l 16393 ]. Over 95,000 individuals revealed that about $770 million in fraud to extortion started via online entertainment in 2021. American buyers announced losing more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year, up from $3.4 billion in 2020[ CITATION Gre22 \l 16393 ] So, this essay discusses the ways for the government and private sector to reduce the numbers of victims and a growing number of online frauds and scams. It will also explain the main reasons for online scams and frauds with examples. Reasons for Growing Online Scams and Frauds Online frauds and scams are increasing day by day due to several reasons. One of the main reasons is a lack of awareness. Cyber specialists have credited the absence of awareness, abuse or dependence via virtual entertainment and expanded utilization of online modes by many hoping to bring in cash during the Covid-19 pandemic as a portion of the explanations behind the ascent in cybercrimes. Cybercriminals are becoming more astute and use the moving as an opportunity to blackmail individuals[ CITATION Gre22 \l 16393 ]. As of late, many individuals have succumbed to the phoney calls regarding the sponsor portion of the vaccine. Residents wind up losing cash by giving the OTP sent by the programmers. Many scams and frauds arise because of sharing PIN information of credit cards in public places. For example, many individuals do this while feasting out. They give their charge card and PIN to the server while making instalments. Giving out PIN with such ease make them vulnerable to fraud. Their data is compromised if there is a secret skimmer in the swipe machine[ CITATION Cro191 \l 16393 ]. Another important reason to grow such cases is increasingly digital banking services. The present consumers demand additional online and mobile services from their financial institutions. Subsequently, inheritance banks are going digital. They are doing more record onboarding and exchange endorsements online and deemphasizing in-person exchanges, making it harder to check personalities[ CITATION Gre22 \l 16393 ]. Additionally in light of purchaser requests, another type
MITIGATE GROWING TREND OF ONLINE SCAMS AND FRAUDS 3 of “challenger banks” - conceived and carrying on with work completed in the online world - have arisen and are separating themselves by giving simple to-utilize and digital-local encounters. A larger part of these organizations’ clients are those who have “dainty record” records as consumers (i.e., don’t have a lot of credit information). Less information implies a greater risk of fraud. The ascent of digital instalments in the last 18 years has also prompted an expansion in the number of digital cheats. The essential justification for the progress of a portion of these is the absence of awareness among buyers and organizations on the most proficient method to guard their information and cash[ CITATION Mar145 \l 16393 ]. Because a rising number of information breaks over ongoing years, fraudsters can effectively access PII (personally identifiable information) and use it against customers. For example, fraudsters join genuine and counterfeit information (for example, a location from one individual blended in with another’s federal retirement aide number) to make new, manufactured personalities that are more enthusiastically to distinguish. Then, at that point, they layout open financial balances and cards, behaving like real clients. When they’ve established strong credit scores, the fraudsters request higher credit limits or bigger advances, and they pay[ CITATION Jor20 \l 16393 ] . Fraudsters likewise influence PII for account takeover. By utilizing passwords and accreditations acquired through information breaks or social designing, they can oversee records and make fraudulent online buys. These exchanges can be as minor as purchasing food on a debit card or as extreme as utilizing another person’s record to take out a home loan. Today, fraud has likewise sped up and become significantly more modern because of the ascent of web-based business, mobile payments, and figuring power[ CITATION Ale1911 \l 16393 ]. A significant number of the advances organizations depend on to improve and quickly present new items and administrations are also being embraced by fraudsters. Effective Ways for Government and Private Sectors to Reduce Online Frauds The government and private sectors should work together to reduce online frauds and scams. They should focus on fighting the scammers more efficiently; by using cypher security and locating the scammer’s place, the government can arrest and enforce strict laws on the scammers. But if the consumers of the internet are educated. And have seen some examples and methods of scammers’ ways to scam online users throughout the internet[ CITATION Mar2032 \l 16393 ]. That number of victims will be limited to online consumers unaware of the method used to scam online users. Online fraud victims have increased in the past few years, government and private sector must cooperate in educating the community about online scams. Awareness is the strongest
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MITIGATE GROWING TREND OF ONLINE SCAMS AND FRAUDS 4 weapon against online scams. The internet has changed how online clients can shop and profit administrations like Online Banking from any place, whenever without the actual presence[ CITATION Gre22 \l 16393 ]. From the second you sign in to the time you log out, all data is safeguarded by a strong start to finish encryption, for example, from your PC program to the bank’s system. It also offers fraudsters a chance to involve the web as a medium to commit fakes. Online clients should know about such fakes and safeguard themselves against them. If the government and the private sector focus on educating people and making them aware of online frauds, the number of victims will remarkably decrease. It will reduce the number of fraudsters due to the awareness of the community of these ways of fraud. There is a need for cooperation between the private sector and the government to fight against online fraud. Cooperation is required because online fraud negatively affects commercial operations and governments transactions[ CITATION Emm221 \l 16393 ]. It begins by educating the community about the fraud on the internet and how they can avoid getting scammed. By presenting some examples of victims who have been scammed by online scammers and some methods used to scam people throughout the internet. Possible Solutions for Private Sectors to reduce fraud The private sector can reduce these types of fraud by educating the consumer through advertising. By advertising the methods used by the scammer to deceive the consumer, one of the most famous of which is that a phone user gets a call from a person claiming to work with the bank and requesting some banking information to update data. But the customer is shocked that a large amount has been deducted from his bank account. After communicating with the bank, he discovers that he was deceived by the person who requested his bank data[ CITATION Emm221 \l 16393 ]. By adverting and making aware customers of the ways that scammers attract them and working on some banking rules, the increasing number of victims will be limited. And it will make the process of scamming customers hard or nearly impossible for the scammers. Possible Solutions for Government to reduce fraud The government is not responsible for every person exposed to fraud via the internet. The law does not protect fools, but that doesn’t mean that the governments will standstill. Government can act and confront this fraud to limit the increasing number of online fraud victims. Governments must establish laws and rules to prevent people from getting scammed, a law that restricts online shopping and gives licenses to only trusted companies to sell online, especially after the significant increase in the number of victims of fraud through the internet[ CITATION Gre22 \l 16393 ]. And by enforcing strict and deterrent laws and applying them to violators. It will ensure that the number of scammers will reduce due to the strictness of the government on this issue. For instance, the
MITIGATE GROWING TREND OF ONLINE SCAMS AND FRAUDS 5 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 makes it a wrongdoing for anybody to access without approval a computer or computer system utilized by a monetary foundation, US government office, or any association or individual associated with highway or unfamiliar trade or communication. Conclusion It concludes that the rate of online scams and frauds is increasing mainly because of lack of awareness of digital banking services and online shopping trends. These frauds can reduce by taking some effective steps. The private sector and government should work together to overcome or reduce these incidents. There are remarkable efforts from the private sector and the government to fight the scammers. But at the end of all that effort, the number of victims is still high. Therefore there is a need for more research to be done. The government and private sector act limited the online fraud victims.
MITIGATE GROWING TREND OF ONLINE SCAMS AND FRAUDS 6 References Brookes, A., & Dowell, D. (2019). The Psychology of Internet Fraud Victimisation: a Systematic Review. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology , 231–245. Button, M., & Nicholls, C. C. (2014). Online frauds: Learning from victims why they fall for these scams. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology , 391-408. Cross, C. (2019). Is online fraud just fraud? Examining the efficacy of the digital divide. Journal of Criminological Research Policy and Practice . Fletcher, E. (2022). Social media a gold mine for scammers in 2021 . Retrieved from FTC: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/data-visualizations/data-spotlight/2022/01/social-media- gold-mine-scammers-2021#footnote3 Iacurci, G. (2022). Consumers lost $5.8 billion to fraud last year — up 70% over 2020 . Retrieved from CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/22/consumers-lost-5point8-billion-to-fraud- last-year-up-70percent-over-2020.html Junger, M. (2020). Fraud against businesses both online and offline: crime scripts, business characteristics, efforts, and benefits. Crime Science . Reynolds, J. (2020). 9 reasons digital fraud is on the rise . Retrieved from Securitymagazine: https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/93912-reasons-digital-fraud-is-on-the-rise
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