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CYBER SCAM

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WHAT IS CYBER SCAM ? Cyber scam is the crime committed via a computer with the intent to corrupt another individual's personal and financial information stored online. Cyber scam is the most common type of fraud and individuals and organisations need to be vigilant and protect their information from fraudsters. Origin Of Cyber Scam: At the beginning of 1970s, criminal regularly committed crimes via telephone lines. The perpetrators were called Phreakers. Actually, there was no real cybercrime until the 1980s. One person had another persons computer to find, copy or manipulate personal data and information. The first person to be found guilty of cybercrime was Lan Murphy, also known as Captain Zap,and that happened in the year 1981.He had hacked the American telephone company to manipulate its internal clock,so that users could still make free calls at peak times. TYPES OF CYBER SCAM : E -signature is a method of signing documents online .This can be created by copying the wet sign...