Internet Fraud

In criminal law, fraud is the crime or offense of deliberately deceiving another in order to damage them – usually, to obtain property or services unjustly. Fraud can be committed through many methods, including mail, wire, phone, and the internet. Types of fraud : bank fraud, fraud by phone, e-mail, credit card fraud and many others. I would like to mention internet fraud. It is one of the most common fraud in our society. For example, e-mail solicitations to purchase goods or services may be instances of attempted fraud.The fraudulent offer typically features a popular item or service, at a drastically reduced price. Of course, the item is never delivered, as it was not a legitimate offer in the first place. An offer may even be no more than an attempt to obtain the victim's credit card information. Everyday using the internet you can fece to the attempt to cheat you by the internet fraudsters. Such offers like to buy something cheaper than in other online stores, or just you can get a message that you won in a lotery or something like this. But you must be very carefully! How to avoid it? Internet and e-mail fraud can be avoided by: keeping one's e-mail address as secret as possible;ignoring unsolicited e-mails of all types, simply deleting them; if you have been defrauded, report it to law enforcement authorities — many frauds go unreported, due to shame, guilty feelings or embarrassment.