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  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 63 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Defining Characteristics Victimology. The victims of this type of crime are those who use the computer for online activities such as shopping, banking, and paying bills.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 62 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   The typical user responds by quickly providing the information requested. It is estimated that in 2004, some 57 million people were targets of phishing. In June 2004 alone, there were 1,422 phishing at- tacks. The number of attacks in 2004 increased over those in 2003 by an estimated 1,126 percent. About 19 percent of recipients open the e-mail and click the link. About 3 to 5 percent of recipients divulge the personal financial information.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 61 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N A good example is the use of bank logos and Web site layout to appear to be a legitimate bank site requesting information to update its online account. The request usually makes it appear to be an urgent matter by stating that if the user does not update the information, his or her online account will be canceled.

    Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 60 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   A new type of identity theft by means of the computer is now referred to as phishing. It is the stealing of personal information such as credit cards and bank data from the Internet. This is done by sending an e-mail to a person requesting his or her social security number, credit card, or bank account information under the guise of being a legitimate vendor used by this computer user.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 59 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   It is estimated that 25 percent of state, county, and city Web sites contain social security numbers of property owners, government employees, taxpayers, and others. At one time the Pentagon Web site contained the social security numbers of high-ranking military officers. This practice was stopped when many of these top-ranking military officers became victims of credit card fraud.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 58 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   521: IDENTITY THEFT This classification covers crimes where the information needed to accomplish identity theft, such as social security numbers, credit card, and bank PINs, is obtained from a user’s computer using the Internet. This classification does not include identity theft when the personal data are obtained by other means, such as trash or loss of wallet and credit cards.

  Crime Classification Manual Part II Chapter 10 A 57 A STANDARD SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATING AND CLASSIFYING VIOLENT CRIMES SECOND EDITIO N   Heckenkamp was sentenced to eight months in prison and eight months of electronic monitoring and home confinement; was ordered to pay restitution to the victim companies in the amount of $268,291; and was ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release, during which time he would be prohibited from using a computer with Internet access absent approval from a probation officer.