Online Identity Theft

The growth of Internet and e-commerce has taken ID theft to new levels. Using widely available Internet tools, thieves trick unsuspecting computer users into providing personal data, which they then use for illicit purposes. The potential for fraud is a major hurdle in the evolution and growth of online commerce. E-payment and e-banking services -- the focus of this book -- suffer substantially from public mistrust. The purpose of the Online Identity Theft is threefold: to define ID theft, both online and off-line, and to study how it is perpetrated; to outline what is being done to combat the major types of ID theft; and to recommend specific ways that ID theft can be addressed in an effective, global manner.

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