Every now and then you stumble across something on the internet whilst surfing that takes your breath away. No I don’t mean illegal or suspicious content but one of those sites that has committed a business marketing crime by publishing a “sorry” looking web site. I can’t mention the name or URL of site that I have just seen (my solicitor’s bills are big enough thanks) but it made me think what on earth were the owners thinking when they gave the go ahead for such a shabby piece of global advertising.
Archive for June 24, 2011
Online Fraud and Other Internet Crimes
A new breed of criminal is rising; the techno-thief as technology has improved vastly over the last decade the criminal element within our society has evolved with it to become a very serious threat to our property and identity.
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Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force
While the digital age presents new opportunities, it also poses new threats to young people. The Internet allows predators to make contact with unsuspecting children. It means the exploitation of children in one country can devastate families half a world away. It has turned child pornography into a global crisis.
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Internet Crimes Against Children – A Growing Threat
The Internet can be the most wonderful and dangerous place for our children to play. In spite of all of the warnings by the media and police agencies, the problem seems to be growing. Just about every one of the articles and documentaries addressing this problem come up with the same solution – parents! They need to get much more involved with what their children are doing while surfing the web.
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Internet Child Predators Need to Be Bitten by Parents
The thought of our children being contacted by internet child predators can be our worst nightmare as a parent. Typically these predators will pretend to be another child who wants to be your child’s online friend. They will eventually convince your kid to meet them somewhere. It often starts in a chat room or social networking site where pedophiles know young children like to connect with each other. This has become such a threat that law enforcement agencies have created special task forces to combat this problem. It’s a wonderful thing that our children can have a world of knowledge, literally at their fingertips when they are online but they need to be protected from the many possible dangers that exist and the best defense starts at home.
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What to Do If You Are Threatened on the Internet
Some people believe there is nothing that can be done about threats made on the Internet. They think that Internet crime, or Cybercrime, is something that cannot be monitored or tracked properly. But this isn’t true because there are many government agencies with the specific purpose of tracking and managing as well as preventing Internet crime.
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