Description
Book SynopsisReal case studies on Internet fraud written by real fraud examiners Internet Fraud Casebook: The World Wide Web of Deceit is a one-of-a-kind collection of actual cases written by the fraud examiners who investigated them. These stories were hand-selected from hundreds of submissions and together form a comprehensive, enlightening and entertaining picture of the many types of Internet fraud in varied industries throughout the world.
- Each case outlines how the fraud was engineered, how it was investigated, and how perpetrators were brought to justice
- Topics included are phishing, on-line auction fraud, security breaches, counterfeiting, and others
- Other titles by Wells: Fraud Casebook, Principles of Fraud Examination, and Computer Fraud Casebook
This book reveals the dangers of Internet fraud and the measures that can be taken to prevent it from happening in the first place.
Trade Reviewoffers piercing insights into the traumatic effects of online scams. (Accounting Technician, July 2010).
Table of ContentsPreface xiii
Internet Fraud Tree xvii
Chapter 1 Phantom Figurines 1
John Ouellet
Chapter 2 From Russia with Love? 13
Ernesto F. Rojas
Chapter 3 Behind a Smoke Screen 21
Jay Dawdy
Chapter 4 Cars, Cards, Chemicals and Crayons 31
Al Sternberg
Chapter 5 Small-Town Boys 43
Andrea Lee Valentin
Chapter 6 Dangerous Diet 51
Nancy e. Jones
Chapter 7 The Suburban Spoofer 59
James B. Keith
Chapter 8 Don’t Mess with Texas 69
Kasondra N.D. Fehr
Chapter 9 Hot Wire 81
Ryan W. Mueller
Chapter 10 A Business within a Business 89
Alan F. Greggo
Chapter 11 Double Play 97
Delena D. Spann
Chapter 12 the eBAY-Fraud Brothers 105
Gerard (Jerry) Buchleitner
Chapter 13 Not-So-Precious Metals 113
Michael J. Molder
Chapter 14 The Cool-Cash Syndicate 125
Austine S.M. Adache
Chapter 15 Dastardly Design 133
Prabhat Kumar
Chapter 16 The Reckless Clerk 141
Oleg Lykov
Chapter 17 Close Quarters 151
John P. Grancarich
Chapter 18 Playing with Fire 161
Hank J. Brightman
Chapter 19 Hack, Pump and Dump 171
Nadia Brannon
Chapter 20 Dangerous Learning Curve 179
Ahmed R. Kunnumpurath
Chapter 21 The Sherwood Boys 187
Paolo Bourelly
Chapter 22 The Broken Nest Egg 197
David Alan White
Chapter 23 One More Lap to Go 207
Spyridon Repousis
Chapter 24 Death and Taxes 217
Gay Stebbins
Chapter 25 Keeping It All in The Family 225
David Petterson
Chapter 26 No Security in Online Advance Fees 237
Dr. Ivo George Caytas
Chapter 27 The G.I. Hacker 245
Bruce L. Owdley
Chapter 28 The Wrong Suspect 253
Jyoti Khetarpal
Chapter 29 Dribbling On the Internet 261
Timothy D. Martin
Chapter 30 Behind the Mask 269
Christian Andre Chmiel
Chapter 31 Online Pharmacy 279
Jon Cohen
Chapter 32 The Porn Procurement Process 291
Lt Col Robert J. Blair
Chapter 33 Gambling On a Profit 299
Antonio Ivan S. Aguirre
Chapter 34 The Solitaire Trader 309
Shabda Prakash
Chapter 35 The Big Brother He Never Had 315
Chris A. McCulloch
Chapter 36 Wanted: Your Money 325
Jonathan Washer
Chapter 37 The Business of Making Money 333
Bill Maloney
Chapter 38 Failure to Deliver 341
Todd J. Davis
Chapter 39 Cyber Psycho 349
Eric A. Kreuter
Chapter 40 Drag Queens and Drugs 359
Peter J. Donnelly
Chapter 41 Wire Transfers from Nowhere 369
Kenneth C. Citarella and Laura A. Forbes
Glossary 379
Index 383
