Critical Concerns on Internet Fraud Scheme

            The year 2000 has arrived and computer technology is becoming more crucial to all people. The Internet is also becoming more of a problem. Many programs and ideas have been or are being developed that are meant to help our society. However, some flaws evolve from these new developments. The Internet is advancing rapidly; with that, so is the amount of Internet fraud. "With the advent of the Internet, our country has become wired to the world. This explosive growth of technology has brought us a new way of communicating and receiving information"(Brody 410). That has also created a whole new meaning for one"s ability to remain anonymous. Control and regulation over the content of the Internet belongs to no none and because of this, defrauding people has become a relatively easy practice for unethical entrepreneurs. Just about anyone can create a website for this very purpose. Actions may be taken to help prevent these problems, but they will never be able to stop them completely. .

             "There is a new crime front for police officers to patrol, but they will not be able to get there in their patrol cars"(Huskey A5). The Internet has become the latest hangout for con artists. "The Internet is crawling with scamming scum." ("FTC Consumer Alert"). Scam artists will find your every weakness and use it against you. Usually this results in a huge loss of money. Do not trust everything you see on-line. The Internet is the latest and greatest technology and outweighs any other information system currently available to us. .

             The amount of Internet fraud reported this year was six times as much as it was last year. "The number of consumers complaining that they were defrauded on-line went from 1,280 in 1997 to 7,752 in 1998, according to an online fraud reporting system created by the national Consumers League" (Hendre A4). Online officials are trying to make scamming online more difficult by creating a twenty-four hour online Internet fraud-detecting group.

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