2006-06-30 23:08:50 · 9 answers · asked by Lawson 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Yes, it's called "Cybercrime"....
2006-06-30 23:11:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet crime is crime committed on the Internet, using the Internet and by means of the Internet.
Computer crime is a general term that embraces such crimes as phishing, credit card frauds, bank robbery, Industrial espionage, child porn, kidnapping children via chat rooms, scams, cyberterrorism, viruses, spam and so on. All such crimes are computer related and facilitated crimes. Some of them could be committed without the use of Internet.
With the evolution of the Internet, along came another revolution of crime where the perpetrators commit acts of crime and wrongdoing on the World Wide Web. Internet crime takes many faces and is committed in diverse fashions. The number of users and their diversity in their makeup has exposed the Internet to everyone. Some criminals in the Internet have grown up understanding this superhighway of information, unlike the older generation of users. This is why Internet crime has now become a growing problem in the United States. Some crimes committed on the Internet have been exposed to the world and some remain a mystery up until they are perpetrated against someone or some company.
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2006-06-30 23:19:30 · answer #2 · answered by Mcduff 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Internet crime and Internet-related crime is a term used to describe a range of different crime types that are committed or facilitated online. The person you asked is most likely out of touch.
2006-07-01 01:20:17 · answer #3 · answered by ajc718 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most states, they do not have a crime called "Internet crime" on the books.
There are a LARGE number of crimes that can be committed using the Internet - theft, soliciting a minor, etc.. There are also some computer specific crimes in some states.
2006-07-01 09:00:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cybercrime is a developing area at present with alot of formating and designing going on behind the scenes--there is still the ability of enforcement agencies to prosecute individuals and companies that break certain laws committed against individuals by persons online however ----and more and more of these prosecutions will be forth coming in the future you can be sure
2006-06-30 23:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell "Barney Fife" he's dead wrong! There's ALL kinds of internet crime! From soliciting minors , to Phishing scams , to that guy in Ghana who emails you in the promise of $1.3 paid to you for storing his $33 million in your bank account. My neighbors fell for that last one hard, even went to a local car dealership and pre ordered 2 cutom cars in anticipation of their riches , lol.
2006-06-30 23:21:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your local law enforcement sounds very out of touch. If I were you I wouldn't be looking for answers from this person anymore.
2006-06-30 23:14:58 · answer #7 · answered by Steve N 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes there is but they will not say to you that there is and there are bunty hunters on the internet. they will track one anywhere
2006-06-30 23:15:30 · answer #8 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most definitly it is referred to as "HACKING"
2006-06-30 23:16:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋