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Identity Theft
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Spyware | software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive. |
| Dumpster Diving | the practice of raiding dumpsters to find discarded items that are still useful, can be recycled, and have value. |
| Firewall | a wall or partition designed to inhibit or prevent the spread of fire. |
| Forgery | the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art. |
| Fraud | wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. |
| Identity Theft | the fraudulent acquisition and use of a person's private identifying information, usually for financial gain. |
| Peer-to-Peer (P2P) | computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. They are said to form a peer-to-peer network of nodes. |
| Phishing | the activity of defrauding an online account holder of financial information by posing as a legitimate company. |
| Shoulder Surfing | the practice of spying on the user of an ATM, computer, or other electronic device in order to obtain their personal access information. |
| Snail Mail | the ordinary postal system as opposed to e-mail. |
| Scams | a dishonest scheme; a fraud. |
| Anti-Virus Software | is computer software used to prevent, detect and remove malicious software. Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses, hence the name. |
| Better Business Bureau | aims to promote ethical business practices, leading to an environment where buyers and sellers can operate under a common understanding of trust. |
| Federal Trade Commission | a federal agency, established in 1914, that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace. |
| Equifax | Credit reporting bureaus that reviews, reports, and maintains consumer credit files. |
| TransUnion | One of the largest credit bureaus present in the United States. Similar to Equifax and Experian, the company maintains its own database of consumer credit files that other institutions and consumers use to monitor their credit reports. |
| Experian | a global information services group with operations in 40 countries. |
| Internal Revenue Service | (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government. The government agency is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, and is under the immediate direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. |
| Solicitations | a request for something, usually money. If you buy a fancy new house, expect a phone call from the local charity with a solicitation for a donation. Solicitation comes from solicit, which means "to request," or "to entreat." The act of requesting. |
| Spam | Electronic spamming is the use of electronic messaging systems to send unsolicited messages, especially advertising, as well as sending messages repeatedly on the same site. |
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