Computer Hacking
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Cybersquatting
- The act of reserving a domain name on
the Internet, especially a name that would be associated with a
company's trademark, and then seeking to profit by selling or licensing
the name to the company that has an interest in being identified with
it.
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Cyberstalking
- The act of threatening, harassing, or
annoying someone through multiple email messages, as through the
Internet, especially with the intent of placing the recipient in fear
that an illegal act or an injury will be inflicted on the recipient or a
member of the recipient's family or household.
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Cybertheft
- The act of using an online computer
service, such as one on the Internet, to steal someone else's property
or to interfere with someone else's use and enjoyment of property.
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Email Interception
- The act of reading, storing, or
intercepting email intended for another person without that person's
permission.
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Internet Fraud
- Internet fraud generally refers to any
type of fraudulent use of a computer and the Internet, including the use
of chat rooms, email, message boards, discussion groups and web sites,
to conduct fraudulent transactions, transmit the proceeds of fraud to
financial institutions, or to steal, destroy or otherwise render
unusable (the proliferation of viruses for example) computer data vital
to the operation of a business.
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Telemarketing Fraud
- Telemarketing Fraud is a term that
refers generally to any scheme to deprive victims dishonestly of money
or property or to misrepresent the values of goods or services.
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