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Social effects of phishing on e-commerce

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Abstract

Electronic commerce brought about lots of business and opportunities for organization and consumers however along came concerns such as phishing. Phishing is one of the fastest-growing internet crimes in recent history. Millions of people are being affected and billions of dollars are getting stolen. Phishing is a technique used to extract personal information from victims by means of deceptive and fraudulent emails for identity theft. As a result of this, the organizations as well consumers are facing enormous social effects. Phishing is causing two-way damage. This paper lists the social effects of phishing to e-commerce and summarizes techniques available that can be used to prevent phishing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings e-Commerce 2008
Pages215-219
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Evente-Commerce 2008, MCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 25 Jul 200827 Jul 2008

Publication series

NameMCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems; Proceedings e-Commerce 2008

Conference

Conferencee-Commerce 2008, MCCSIS'08 - IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period25/07/0827/07/08

Keywords

  • Brand spoofing
  • Carding
  • Cyber crime
  • Cyber fraud
  • Phishing
  • Scam
  • Social phishing
  • Spam

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