I am often amazed at the number of spam e-mails that I see in my inbox everyday. Though most of it is harmless a lot of it can be dangerous if you dont know what youre looking for. The other day my husband told me a friend of his was a victim of computer crime. He was looking for a quick loan of $5,000 and he ended up with an empty bank account. This happens to a lot of people, and its not because theyre stupid, its mostly because they need money and it seems that someone is offering it to them for little or nothing.
Though some computer crime comes in the form of embezzlement most of it comes in your e-mail box. You may get an offer for a payday loan or you may have been informed that she won the lottery. My husbands friend found an e-mail in his inbox telling him he could get a $5,000 loan within a matter of days. Because he needed money badly he clicked on the link and apply for the loan. What he didnt know was that he was about to be the victim of computer crime.
This type of computer crime is very common. When the company contacted him they told him that he had to give them close to $900 in order to secure the loan. When he didnt hear back from them, he...