Identity theft and fraud

Handbook of Internet Crime

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 273-301

  Smith, Russell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 85145522060     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843929338-16     Document Type: Chapter

References (82)

1. Regular updates on the nature and extent of identity crime can be found in the regular reports of the Anti-Phishing Working Group (www.antiphishing.org)
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8. Statistics on payment card fraud are published by the Australian Payments Clearing Association (www.apca.com.au)
9. NACHA - The Electronic Payments Association (www.nacha.org)
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11. Material on prevention is available from Get Safe Online (www.getsafeonline.org)
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14. Finally, international normative developments can be tracked by following the meetings of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CCPCJ/index.html).
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