NATURE AND METHODS OF COMMITTING FRAUD USING INFORMATION-TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of issues relating to the nature and methods of committing fraud using information and telecommunication technologies. The article considers and analyzes official statistics of crimes on the global Internet for 2019, as well as material damage caused by these crimes. The concept of a method of fraud is disclosed and its most important role in the characteristics of Internet fraud is determined. Particular attention is paid to the most popular methods of committing the crime in question, such as: phishing, Nigerian letters, creating a personal business, online stores, magic wallets, free communication, improved MMM; their characteristic features are indicated and promising areas for studying the above topic are highlighted. In order to systematize the data, the author proposes the division of the considered methods into groups. The article also analyzes new, not yet fully explored, methods of fraudulent activity on the Internet, and offers protective measures to prevent the threat of information and telecommunication fraud.