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Monday, April 16, 2007
Top 10 Internet Crimes of 2006
The Internet Crime Complaint Center filed its annual report last month, but didn’t get the attention it deserved. This is the sixth annual report by the U.S.-based center, which is run by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center. The complaint center, dubbed IC3, compiles its figures by drawing on the flood of complaints pouring into U.S. law enforcement and regulatory agencies. The list of crimes runs the gamut, led by various financial scams (auction fraud, failure to deliver goods or money, credit card fraud), followed by other acts that have become a daily feature of online life (computer intrusions, spam, child pornography). By far the most reported crime: Internet auction fraud, garnering 45 percent of all complaints.
More interesting are those areas with the highest per capita rate of perps: the District of Columbia, Nevada, New York, Tennessee, Maine, and Florida.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/badguys/070416/top_10_internet_crimes_of_2006.htm