[LINK] [Another] Internet Fraud

[Tim O'Leary]

At 08:35 AM Monday 14/04/2003 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote:

>Internet fraud triples to $54 million
>Sydney Morning Herald
>Date: April 14 2003
>By Malcolm Brown
>http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2003/04/13/1050172476237.htm
>
>[1.  0.6% of 75,063 complaints = c. 450.
>[2.  All figures appear to relate to complaints received, but also appear 
>to be reported as though they were factual and representative.
>[3.  Should we make some complaints about fraudulent reporting of Internet 
>fraud?  If we did, they'd add them into next years figures, so would we be 
>knowingly compounding the felony?
>[4.  Yes, I agree that analyses of things like this are very difficult.  I 
>just don't like seeing unrepresentative data submitted by aggrieved 
>parties presented as though it was factual.


" Internet auction fraud comprised 46 per cent of complaints and 31 per 
cent comprised non-delivery of merchandise bought over the net, and 
non-payment for merchandise."

My Occams reading of this is that 77% ( 46 + 31) of complaints were about 
disputes on e-bay. <yawn>

The Nigerian scam has been around for years it used to be done by fax - why 
not call it a fax crime, or a telephone crime , TELSTRA IMPLICATED IN 
RISING TELEPHONE CRIME!

Does anyone really  feel sorry for those greedy people who fall for the 
Nigerian scam which accounts for around 20% of complaints.

The nature the site allows for easy dobbing in of someone . I agree it 
seems to just be a simple aggregation of the forms filled in on the web site.

Nonsense.

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TIM O'LEARY
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