My experience and personal opinion:
In this electronic world almost everyone has used computer for one or the other reasons. In this modern world computer is the engine of entertainment and education for adults and children as well. While using this incredible machine we come across with different problems that effect us in so many ways. Everyone encounters with computer problems. As our world is spoilt by criminals, computer world is also corrupted by individuals called cyber criminals. People who are desperate and oppressed with their own lives try to cause damage to others. Other people who try to hack your data and credit card information are called cyber thieves. There are so many ways through which your information can get hacked and almost every user has had experience such problem. Spam is an example of cyber crime that every one encounters at some point in their lives.
Email spam is the cyber crime that i have experienced in my life i get 1000 of emails from different advertisement companies and charity foundations everyday. I have received an e mail few days ago from a charity foundation and i assumed it was factual because of the information provided in it and the formate was professional. But what it really was a spam when i searched it on the internet, i found questions from other people on different online forums asking about if that e mail is legitimate or not. I have realized that, it was a fraudulent email. The email was :
From: Hilary M. Weston <aromero@cancer.gov.co> *[Note the unrelated address from Columbia]
reply-to: hilaryweston@hotmail.ca
to: *[missing address altogether]
date: Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 8:44 AM *[false date and time]
subject: Charity Work
mailed-by: cancer.gov.co *[.co refers to the country of Columbia, not to be confused with British Columbia, Canada]
DONATION FOR CHARITY,
I am Hon. Hilary M. Weston, the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Canada,serving from 1997 to 2002. Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from, though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer.
I found your profile in a Charity directory with your contact information attached to it.Taking into consideration your status and result oriented profile I consider you a perfect choice to achieve a positive result in this project.
Can you engage yourself in charity work if I make the funds available for you, if yes reply me for more details.
For more information's please read this site link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Weston
Sincerely,
Hon.Mrs Hilary M. Weston
(née Frayne), CM, O.Ont
CEO, Hilary M. Weston Foundation
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Please reply me via my personal E-mail.
(hilaryweston@hotmail.ca)
and when i searched about this email i found out that people have been victimized by this suspected phishing email. These fraudulent emails have become a part of our daily life. People who don't have enough information about fraudulent email and scam are victimized by them. The only way to keep your self safe from such frauds is to ignore such emails and never give out your credit card information.
My personal opinion about cyber issues is that it is the duty of every single individual to defend against these frauds because there are many agencies attempting to stop online fraud and theft but since its tough to enforce cyber law we all have to work together and be careful about giving our own info out and using networking sites. This is not the right way to put your personal information and photos on the internet for public you never know when someone breaks into your account and tries to harm you. We have to make ourselves known to some basic information about internet usage. We all know that internet provides us with great information and entertaining material but when it comes to cyber crimes it can be painful for many of us so remember to be alert when you are in cyber world.