Using the Internet In 2009 the Internet Crime Complaint Center
(IC3), which acts in partnership with the National White Collar
Crime Center and the FBI, received more than 336,000 complaints
on its website and referred over 146,000 to law enforcement
agencies for further consideration. The total loss from all of
these cases was over $560 million. You may be at risk if you
answer "yes" to any of the following questions: - Do you visit
websites by clicking on links within an e-mail? - Do you reply
to e-mails from persons or businesses you are not familiar with?
- Have you received packages to hold or ship to someone you met
on the Internet? - Have you been asked to cash checks and wire
funds to someone you met on the Internet? - Would you cash
checks or money orders received through an Internet transaction
without first confirming their legitimacy? - Would you provide
your personal banking information in response to an e-mail
notification? The following security tips will help you deal
with dangerous matters as