1. By: Mrs. McGinnis Sept, 2010

2.  Fradulent online shops  Sites that distruibute pirated music, videos and software  Bogus charity websites  Sites that promote worthless investments or get-rich-quick schemes WHY do people take the time to create websites such as these?

3.  Identity theft happens when someone steals your personal information, such as your social security number, address, phone number, bank account number, credit card numbers and passwords, etc.  The person “pretends” to be you and uses your information to steal your money, credit, etc.

4.  10 million Americans were the victim of identity theft in 2008  1 in 10 consumers have been the victim of identity theft  1.6 million households experienced fraud NOT related to their credit cards, but in their bank accounts and debit cards  38-48% discover the fraud within 3 months, 9-18%, not for 4 or more years!

5.  Criminals get your information from one main place….YOU  Social Networking Sites  Shady Emails  Phishing Websites

6.  Phishing websites are sites that LOOK like real sites, but exist solely to steal your information  Spyware  Pop-ups that ask for your information  Cloned sites

7.  Criminals find many ways to convince you to give them your information  What are some ways that you think this can happen?

8.  Websites that try to scare you into submitting your username and password  Emails with links in them-often the link looks ok in the email but when you click on it, it takes you to a different site  Misspelled words  Gold Padlock (SSL designation) in wrong place  Cloned sites-exact copy

9.  Phishing Emails Phishing Emails  Phishing for Passwords Phishing for Passwords  Nigerian 419 Scam Nigerian 419 Scam  Cloned Websties

10. Phish or No Phish