Net Crimes & Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering Web Spammers, Stalkers, and Con ArtistsAs the number of Web users continues to swell, so do the numbers of online opportunists, con artists, and miscreants. Recognizing this danger, this book provides a reader-friendly guide that helps Web users identify, avoid, and survive online predators and protect their families. Detailing a broad range of abusive practices, ordinary computer users will share in victims' stories and advice on how to handle Spam, identify scams such as phishing, and deal with privacy invasion, financial scams, cyber stalking, and identity theft. Provided are tips, strategies, and techniques that can be put to immediate use, as well as laws, organizations, and Web resources that can aid victims and help them fight back. |
Contents
Chapter 2 | 19 |
Chapter 3 | 45 |
Chapter 4 | 61 |
Chapter 5 | 75 |
Auction Caution | 95 |
Chapter 7 | 117 |
Chapter 8 | 139 |
Chapter 9 | 147 |
Chapter 16 | 281 |
Chapter 17 | 297 |
Chapter 18 | 313 |
Chapter 19 | 327 |
Protect Your Computer | 339 |
Chapter 21 | 365 |
Afterword | 385 |
Appendix | 391 |
Chapter 10 | 157 |
Chapter 11 | 169 |
Chapter 12 | 180 |
Chapter 13 | 207 |
Chapter 14 | 231 |
Chapter 15 | 253 |
Glossary | 423 |
About the Author | 439 |
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