Email Scams and Auction Fraud

Write a 2- to 3-page paper on the resources and protections available to consumers to prevent them from becoming victims of scams and fraud. In
your paper, address each of the topics and questions below.
Understanding Email and Website Scams
APWG: Anti-Phishing Working Group
Visit the Anti-Phishing Working Group website and summarize what resources and information the site offers for first responders and consumers.
Anti-Phishing Working Group. Retrieved from http://www.antiphishing.org/
FTC: Federal Trade Commission
Then visit the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) OnGuardOnline website and read the information on phishing. Summarize what the website
recommends consumers do to avoid becoming victims of a phishing scam.
OnGuardOnline: Phishing. Retrieved from https://www.onguardonline.gov/phishing
Auction Fraud
Choose an internet auction website and report on the measures it has in place to prevent auction fraud. What protocols does it have in place for
victims of auction fraud?
Compare Technology-Based Fraud
For this section, you will search for cases of fraud involving both phishing and auction website fraud, select a case for each type of fraud, and
summarize the facts of the cases. Then compare the technology used in both types of fraud, explain their similarities and differences, and explain how
the technology was used to successfully commit fraud in your chosen cases.
Lastly, explain how the FTC OnGuardOnline site recommendations and the auction site measures you researched could have prevented the fraud in
the cases you selected.
Note: This Assignment requires outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material and discuss how you evaluated the
credibility of the resources used. You may consult the Library