Some readers have until now there is a perception that the network fraudster - young unrecognized genius, sitting in the kitchen at your computer, collected from sub-standard parts. But thanks to his genius, he'll get everything, but his income he donates to the poor. But the network swindlers - an international group organized, well structured, conspired, which has its agents in the banks. Their equipment and income are the envy of any of the world's blue chips.
The British Sun newspaper reported that conducted a journalistic investigation. In India, the journalists went to the agent network swindlers. The agent offered to buy information, identity of owners of bank accounts in 1000 of first-rate British banks serving individuals. The information included names, addresses, account numbers, passwords, numbers, PIN codes of credit cards, passport details, etc. In the case of purchase data to the buyer promised to send monthly information, identity has 1,000 banking customers.
Why network fraudsters sell their database? This question has many answers. Here are three of them.
- Network fraudsters have emptied those accounts and want to re-attack when they were captured persons not included in their criminal group, ie divert suspicion from himself.
- Network crooks want to engage in criminal activities of new faces, with subsequent recruitment.
- Not all network fraudsters have extensive banking infrastructure for the disposal of assets from customer accounts, and specialize only on receipt of information, identity of owners of bank accounts.
Now pose the greatest threat to three types of network fraud by stealing information, identity the customer's bank, and the subsequent theft of their assets. These two types of network fraud: "phishing," pharming "and" Trojans. These terms have become part of the lexicon network and can not be replaced, despite now we have a tendency Russify financial and other technical terms.
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