Sadly the reality check of this is very different and multi-billions of Euros, UK pounds, US Dollars etc. go missing literally without a trace with the proverbial digital footsteps cleverly masked. To many times the average global citizen will just not report the incidents to the authorities or police, for embarrassment of feeling incompetent that they could not retain their security. A secondary reason is many feel helpless and that nothing can be done about it so refuse to report it (as reported at the e-Crime Wales November conference in 2011.)
What many Police agencies are not aware of – they cannot act upon and therefore it is imperative that such fraudulent internet infractions be reported to the Police. Many countries respective Police forces now are running campaigns, conferences and advertising to engage the general public and actively encourage everyone to report ALL cybercrime – no matter the scale of attack.Internet fraud:
With the UK suffering losses of £’s billions in internet fraud, scamming and other undesirable antics which infringes our privacy on the domestic and industrial front we should all be reminded of the basic rules to apply to our lives to ensure fraud against us is minimised.These are the common recommendations that local authorities, police, credit rating agencies and naturally the IT industry are encouraging everyone to undertake to gain more protection from these increasing cyber-attacks. Please share this with your friends and family.
ACTION:· Install a reputable Anti-Virus Program Guards on your computer.
· Do not recycle or bin personal documents/bank statements – put them in a cross-shredder.
· Do not put personal details (Date of Birth!) on social networks/professional pages.
· Carefully store your driver’s license and more importantly passport.
· Get a yearly check of your Credit Rating Score – this is imperative and costs less than £10-00
Nuisance calls:
One jarring effect is the massive increase in cold calling from autonomous machines and silent calls (when you pick up the phone is goes quiet, many people execute the 1471 number recall – dial said number and get charged a great deal for a brief phone call) with people claiming to get five calls a day equating to 150 calls a month! This is real harassment and an infringement of our basic privacy entitlement.ACTION: By contacting two organisations The Telephone Preference Scheme and the Telephone Silent Calls Hotline you can register your number and it will take up to 28 days to stop the nuisance calls.
Junk Mail letters:Virtually all the general public are aware of junk mail. When it commences we just recycle/bin it without giving it further consideration. Yet over the years many suffer a substantial increase in junk mail and feel helpless and merely persist in binning the unwanted letters in the hope that it will stop. Sadly this will not happen and you will continue to get junk mail.
Basic street surveys TheSocRes have undertaken over the years have highlighted the helplessness many of the general public feel, yet it’s such a low level background nuisance and families and businesses have many more priorities and responsibilities - the junk mail pile just keeps increasing and they is nothing people feel they can execute to remedy the situation.ACTION:
Contact your post office to get advice or contact the following:http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/
http://www.stopjunkmail.org.uk/
The more people take action – the causal effect will produce a positive wave that will reduce national levels of junk mail.
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