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Worksheet

Cyber-crime
The recent rise in Internet crime is causing problems for employers and employees.

1 What would you do if you received the following e-mail?


From: Euro-International State Lottery
Re [Anti-spam]: Congratulations!
We are delighted to inform you that your name has been selected by our computer and that you are a winner in our Lottery of the
sum of €200,000.We shall forward the contact information of the bank which will enable you to claim the funds. Please be aware that
there are some important documents that will be required by the bank to activate the transfer. Please contact us urgently to
guarantee safe receipt of your winnings. Congratulations!

2 Which of the following words do you know?


spyware adware scam spam fraud
3 Scan the article below. How many of these words, or derivatives (e.g. fraudsters), can you find in two minutes?
Hi-tech fraud Both the US and the UK are IT managers estimate that over 90% of computers in
experiencing a rise in ‘phishing’, pronounced ‘fishing’. organisations have been infected by some kind of spyware.
Fraudsters send an e-mail message that seems to come from a Many employees unknowingly download spyware onto their
bank (Citibank, Lloyds) or a company like E-bay or Amazon. machines. This software, which hides somewhere in your
The message looks genuine, and may direct you to a website computer, collects information about you and what you do
which includes a corporate logo. You are asked to send or on the internet – it may even record your credit card details if
confirm personal information, such as your bank account you shop on the Internet. On average every PC has 28 so-
number or password. This information is then used for called spyware programs installed on it, according to one
fraudulent activity, such as online gambling, or to siphon off recent audit by a software firm.
money from your account. As many as 20% of recipients are Adware is a form of spyware which installs secret
fooled by this scam. advertising software on your computer, such as annoying
pop-up ads. There are government moves in various
This is another example of spamming. The nature of spam is
changing from being just a nuisance to more serious financial countries to make spam illegal. As the Internet becomes more
and more an integral part of our lives so we have to give
scams. Many mails sell fake pharmaceuticals on the black
market. Financial and pharmaceutical spam now make up an more time to protecting ourselves against cyber-crime.
incredible 70% of all spam.

4 Read the article again. Did you find out anything new or surprising?
5 Find words in the text from the definitions below.
(a) to move money from one bank account to another illegally or dishonestly (paragraph 1)
(b) a symbol that represents an organisation or company (paragraph 1)
(c) risking money, often in a game, hoping to win more if you are lucky (paragraph 1)
(d) made to look like something real in order to trick people (paragraph 2)
(e) an official examination of a situation within a company (paragraph 3)
Definitions from or based on Macmillan English Dictionary. Text © Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2002.

6 Work in small groups. Rank the following crimes in order of their seriousness. Decide on a suitable penalty for each.
sending spam e-mails placing spyware on a computer creating / distributing a computer virus
manufacturing / selling fake drugs sending adware across the Internet stealing credit card details

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