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The worksheet discusses internet crimes, particularly focusing on 'click fraud' and other forms of fraud affecting businesses. It includes activities for understanding the meaning of fraud, matching email subjects to content, identifying mentioned crimes, and discussing potential penalties for cybercriminals. The document aims to raise awareness and encourage discussion about internet crime and its implications.

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IC0180S.click-fraud[1]

The worksheet discusses internet crimes, particularly focusing on 'click fraud' and other forms of fraud affecting businesses. It includes activities for understanding the meaning of fraud, matching email subjects to content, identifying mentioned crimes, and discussing potential penalties for cybercriminals. The document aims to raise awareness and encourage discussion about internet crime and its implications.

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Worksheet

Internet crime
‘Click fraud’ is one of a range of Internet crimes to affect businesses. What can be done about them?

1 What does ‘fraud’ mean? Have you ever been a victim of fraud? Discuss your experiences with a partner. You may
need some of the words in the box.

crime trick police false scam to pretend e-mail fake to deceive

2 Read the subject lines (a–e). Match four of them to the e-mails below, to the Editor of an online business magazine.
(a) Counterfeit goods (b) Virus alert! (c) Spam (d) Internet crime (e) Click fraud

[1] SUBJECT: [3] SUBJECT:


I agree that the Internet has brought us innumerable benefits, Users of your site should watch out for the latest virus
but it has also brought us Internet crime. I recently received a targeting business users. It is designed to destroy all Microsoft
false mail asking for money, in the famous Nigerian scams. I was Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint documents and is
also asked for money after hurricaine Katrina. Credit card fraud activated when you click on the email attachment. What can
and identity fraud are growing. Lynette Dalgleish, Auckland be done to stop those who create these viruses? John, NYC

[2] SUBJECT: [4 ] SUBJECT:


>>>>>>>>> On 26 February, you wrote: ‘What is Click fraud?’ I recently bought some jewellery on eBay, but discovered that
An advertiser pays money everytime a customer clicks on their it was fake. I complained to the seller and I received a refund.
‘pay-per-click’ link on, say, Google. So ‘click fraud’ forces the However, I asked eBay to remove listings for identical pieces –
advertiser to run up a bill. For example, online robots can be but they refused! eBay maintains it is just a marketplace which
programmed to click repeatedly on a link; low-cost workers can link sellers and buyers. I do understand eBay has around 180
be hired in China, India and other countries to do the same; million members with maybe 60 million items on sale at any
employees can click on rival companies’ ads to deplete their time … but in my view the Internet has now become a
marketing budgets. It is not unknown for an unhappy worker to marketplace for selling counterfeit goods, with no policing!
click repeatedly on an advert! Hope this helps. Pete, Oxford, UK Kerry O’Connor, Dublin

3 Now read the four e-mails again. Which crimes are mentioned?

4 Find one word in each line that does not form a collocation with the word at the end.

1 (a) tax (b) crime (c) internet (d) identity (e) click (f) insurance
FRAUD
2 (a) to make (b) to suspect (c) to uncover (d) to prevent (e) to commit (f) to discover
3 (a) major (b) internet (c) fraud (d) organised (e) serious (f) violent
CRIME
4 (a) to fight (b) to commit (c) to prevent (d) to reduce (e) to encourage (f) to suspend

5 Work in groups to decide on prison sentences or fines for the following crimes. Can you think of any other ways of
dealing with this type of cyber-criminals? Report your ideas to the class.

An 18-year-old boy creates a virus A low-paid worker is convicted of ‘click Someone steals your identity and uses
which infects your computer network fraud’ in India your credit card to run up a large bill
A 15-year-old girl tries to sell fake A sales manager sends out spam Someone sets up a fake charity to get
jewellery on E-bay advertising money from you after a natural disaster

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Copyright  Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006.

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