 SOCA (UK): 15,000 people fight back against fraudsters |
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Jul 12, 2010 - 6:43 PM - by soca.gov.uk
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15,000 people fight back against fraudsters
By: Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
July 12, 2010
The UK’s national fraud reporting centre, Action Fraud, reached a milestone today with 15,000 reports and calls from members of the public since it was set up six months ago.
Action Fraud is a single point of contact where fraud victims can both report fraud and seek... [Read More]
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» Welcome To Cyber Crime Ops |
Welcome!
CyberCrimeOps is a collaboration between concerned Netziens, former victims, online fraud experts and Law Enforcement. The site is run by volunteers who dedicate their time, money and effort to warn and educate not only members of the general public, but law enforcement about aspects of online fraud and identity theft. Our population is as diverse as the planet and covers many different walks of life from professional occupations through to office workers and labourers. Many are IT savvy and technically able, with most being highly informed about our subject matter.
We have regular news items which highlight various aspects of online fraud from local, national and international news sources. A growing scammer email repository is available, giving much needed information about what to look out for in your inbox. We have alerts regarding the very latest fraudulent websites, giving Netziens an early warning to those sometimes difficult to spot forged web presences.
The need to educate the public about Cyber Crime is vast and urgent. This need drives us to create special subject articles in order to further the general knowledge of scams, as well as provide resources for those Netizens who are concerned about the online safety of their own and of those who are close to them.
CCO bids all a warm welcome, and looks forward to offering vital information to you - the 'Net surfer, and to serve as a vantage point for information and education against the scourge known as Cyber Crime.
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» Links & Resources |
Internet Love Scams
ILS was created in order to make the internet world aware of people posing as lonely hearts in internet chatrooms and on dating websites.
Scam Victims United
Offers support and resources to victims through message groups and networking with other victims.
419 Scam
419 Scam: Advance Fee Fraud and Fake Lotteries. Lots of information and links to other resources around the net.
Scam-O-Matic
Is that email message a scam? If you have received an email that you suspect to be a scam, you can use this easy website to determine if it looks like a known scam.
Inbox Revenge
Contains tools and techniques for shutting down illegal spam operations.
Artists Against 419
Premiere resource to help you identify fake banking and other websites used in fraudulent activities.
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» Law Enforcement Membership @ Cyber Crime Ops |
Cyber Crime Ops (CCO) would like to issue a welcome to all Law Enforcement Officers who seek information on the topic of Cyber Crime.
If you are a Law Enforcement Officer who would like to join our LEO only area, please register a user account with CCO and then utilize one of the following procedures in order to gain full access:
1. Direct Verification.
Send a Contact Message to our Law Enforcement Liaison by clicking here and filling out the form. Please provide us with your name, rank, name of your department, name of your agency\office and location of your agency\office. Please keep in mind that the data you provide to us will be verified via independent means, and only once your identity is confirmed will you be added to the LEO area.
2. CyberCop Verification.
If you are a Law Enforcement member of the CyberCop portal, please locate us there by searching through the User Directory for CyberCrimeOps (no spaces). The single result you will get is our Law Enforcement Liaison. Please send them a request to join CCO along with your CCO username via the CyberCop portal's messaging system. If your CyberCop profile contains enough information for us to verify that you are in fact a Law Enforcement Officer, you will be added to the LEO area.
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»CCO Social & Networking Links
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Hi everyone, 
This section deals with authentic profiles that we create around the web. Most important are our Social Newtork accounts, which we use to spread the word about who we are and what we do. We also have other areas of interest which we will post here as time goes by.
Find us via these locations...
Social Networking
MySpace is our primary Social Networking area outside the main CCO website.
MySpace.COM
Facebook is a way of sharing pictorial images and other information to the Facebook community. This will be expanded as time permits.
Facebook.COM
Twitter, the micro-blogging site, is a way of sharing small snippets of info with anyone interested. Placeholder account for now, probably not a great deal to see there for a while.
Twitter.COM
Miscellaneous Profiles
Various public profiles that we create as part of our spread of information.
Google Profile
Yahoo Profile
Yahoo Answers Profile
McAfee Site Advisor Profile
Visitor Demographics
Measuring visitors is an important part of what we do to improve our user base over time.
Quantcast.COM
Alexa.COM (not useful for some time yet)
If you spot an account on a Social Networking or other website that says they are "CyberCrimeOps.COM", and it is not in the list above, please do let us know right away via the Contact Us form [here].
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