Net Crimes & Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering Web Spammers, Stalkers, and Con Artists (Paperback)

~ J. A. Hitchcock (Author), Loraine Page (Editor), Vinton Cerf (Foreword)

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As the number of Web users continues to swell, so do the numbers of online opportunists, con artists, and miscreants. Recognizing this danger, this book provides a reader-friendly guide that helps Web users identify, avoid, and survive online predators and protect their families. Detailing a broad range of abusive practices, ordinary computer users will share in victims' stories and advice on how to handle Spam, identify scams such as phishing, and deal with privacy invasion, financial scams, cyber stalking, and identity theft. Provided are tips, strategies, and techniques that can be put to immediate use, as well as laws, organizations, and Web resources that can aid victims and help them fight back.

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J. A. Hitchcock was herself a victim of cyberstalking who, following that experience, went on to become a victim's advocate. She is an Internet crimes and security expert and president of WHOA (Working to Halt Online Abuse). She lives in York, Maine. Vinton Cerf is widely known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet" for his work as codesigner of the TCP/IP
protocols and the architecture of the Internet. He is senior vice president of technology strategy for MCI.

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Product Details Paperback: 459 pages Publisher: Information Today, Inc.; 2nd edition (May 15, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0910965722 ISBN-13: 978-0910965729 Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #343,264 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for staying safe online!, July 12, 2006 By  C. Jacobs "code monkey" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    This is the second edition of the previously read/critiqued Netcrimes and Misdemeanors book. Once again, the author fills the pages with important and vital information about how to stay safe online. From scammers to hoaxes, stalkers and ebay, even online dating and keeping children safe from online predators, this book is packed with real life examples of how people made mistakes that made them a target for some online psycho. But not only does it have the mistakes that lead to the problem, it has the solutions and tricks to avoid the situation in the first place as well! Both versions of this book are useful to anyone that surfs online, but I would urge people to get the second edition as it contains updated links and information. Learn to be safe online! Buy this book for yourself and anyone you know who's a newbie to the online world. You never know... it might just save their life. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE for Moms!, May 24, 2006 By  A Mom in PA (USA) - See all my reviews Identity theft, forgery, harassment . . . its happens to thousands of people every day, children included. It is estimated that more than sixty percent of children between the ages of 13 and 17 have a Myspace profile, my own children are included in that percentage. I thought that frequent supervision, placing our computer in the kitchen, and an expensive computer software program would be sufficient to protect my children. I was wrong. With tips from this book, I quickly changed simple computer settings that could ultimately prevent my children, or myself, from becoming a cybercrime victim. The details that Jayne Hitchcock includes in this book about victim prevention and the procedures to follow if you are victimized, are clear and to the point. A review of cybercrime laws, victim experiences, and the psyche of perpetrator motivation make this type of book, which could be otherwise boring, very interesting! This book is a MUST HAVE for computer rookies, experts, high school students, and every Mom in America, including mine! 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Insights and tips on preventing everything from identity theft to internet dating, newsgroup problems and more, August 4, 2006 By  Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews This revised, expanded second edition of Net Crimes & Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering Web Spammers, Stalkers, And Con Artists comes from a cybercrime expert who provides easy, efficient methods for handling a wide range of online attacks. Himself a one-time victim of cyberstalking, Hitchcock became a victim's advocate and so doesn't come from a programmer's background. Her coverage therefore is most accessible to the lay consumer - the most likely victim of such crimes - and offers insights and tips on preventing everything from identity theft to internet dating, newsgroup problems and more.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars A Former Cybercrime Victim's Opinion In general, the new information and new stories were woven amid the 1st edition information so well that there was no way to make any assumptions and skip along through... Read more Published on June 4, 2006 by Like Mike 5.0 out of 5 stars I am so glad I bought this book I had heard about the first edition of this book, but never bothered. I honestly thought I knew everything about being online. Read more Published on June 3, 2006 by LBS 5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific book - if you're online you need this! I have the first edition, which I thought was wonderful. But this 2nd edition is even better, bigger and updated. Read more Published on May 17, 2006 by Bob Johnson Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 459 pages
• Publisher: Information Today, Inc.; 2nd edition (May 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0910965722
• ISBN-13: 978-0910965729
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #343,264 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for staying safe online!, July 12, 2006

By	C. Jacobs "code monkey" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the second edition of the previously read/critiqued Netcrimes and Misdemeanors book.

Once again, the author fills the pages with important and vital information about how to stay safe online. From scammers to hoaxes, stalkers and ebay, even online dating and keeping children safe from online predators, this book is packed with real life examples of how people made mistakes that made them a target for some online psycho. But not only does it have the mistakes that lead to the problem, it has the solutions and tricks to avoid the situation in the first place as well!

Both versions of this book are useful to anyone that surfs online, but I would urge people to get the second edition as it contains updated links and information. Learn to be safe online! Buy this book for yourself and anyone you know who's a newbie to the online world. You never know... it might just save their life.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE for Moms!, May 24, 2006

By	A Mom in PA (USA) - See all my reviews

Identity theft, forgery, harassment . . . its happens to thousands of people every day, children included.

It is estimated that more than sixty percent of children between the ages of 13 and 17 have a Myspace profile, my own children are included in that percentage.

I thought that frequent supervision, placing our computer in the kitchen, and an expensive computer software program would be sufficient to protect my children. I was wrong. With tips from this book, I quickly changed simple computer settings that could ultimately prevent my children, or myself, from becoming a cybercrime victim.

The details that Jayne Hitchcock includes in this book about victim prevention and the procedures to follow if you are victimized, are clear and to the point. A review of cybercrime laws, victim experiences, and the psyche of perpetrator motivation make this type of book, which could be otherwise boring, very interesting!

This book is a MUST HAVE for computer rookies, experts, high school students, and every Mom in America, including mine!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insights and tips on preventing everything from identity theft to internet dating, newsgroup problems and more, August 4, 2006

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This revised, expanded second edition of Net Crimes & Misdemeanors: Outmaneuvering Web Spammers, Stalkers, And Con Artists comes from a cybercrime expert who provides easy, efficient methods for handling a wide range of online attacks. Himself a one-time victim of cyberstalking, Hitchcock became a victim's advocate and so doesn't come from a programmer's background. Her coverage therefore is most accessible to the lay consumer - the most likely victim of such crimes - and offers insights and tips on preventing everything from identity theft to internet dating, newsgroup problems and more.