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CFM#4 Identity Theft
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spyware | Software that enables a user to obtain covert information about another's computer activities by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive. |
| The practice of sifting through commercial or residential waste to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but that may prove useful to the dumpster diver | |
| Firewall | What helps to keep your organization’s internal network (or other devices, data, applications, etc.) safe from outside threats |
| 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 | When someone uses another person's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes |
| Per-to-Peer (P2P) | Lending enables individuals to obtain loans directly from other individuals, cutting out the financial institution as the middleman |
| Phishing | The fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information or data, such as usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, or other sensitive details by impersonating oneself as a trustworthy entity in a digital communication |
| 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 | Letters and missives carried by conventional postal delivery services |
| Scams | A deceptive scheme or trick used to cheat someone out of something, especially money |
| Anti-Virus Software | A computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware |
| Better Business Bureau | A private non-profit organization that focuses on enhancing trust in the marketplace |
| Federal Trade Commission | Afederal agency, established in 1914, that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace |
| Equifax | Tracks the credit history of borrowers in order to generate credit reports and credit scores |
| TransUnion | An American consumer credit reporting agency |
| Experian | An Anglo-Irish multinational consumer credit reporting company |
| Internal Revenue Service | The revenue service of the United States federal government responsible for collecting taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of federal statutory tax law |
| Solicitations | The act of offering, or attempting to purchase, goods and/or services |
| Spam | Irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of recipients |
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