FRAUD ONLINE

E-fraud involves fraudulent online payments and e-commerce sites, soliciting personal data or cheating on virtual currency. In recent years, a new type of criminal e-transaction has been identified in Latvia - illegal access to bank accounts fraud, which tends Smart-ID users. Criminals are coming up with ways obtain money illegally. Often these crimes transnational nature, making it difficult for victims return the lost. Funds transferred payment systems such as cryptocurrencies, makes very track their progress. Police statistics show that hundreds Latvians suffer from various forms Internet fraud every year. However, must be acknowledged this is largely due people's credulity lack cyber hygiene society.