DWheaton

=** David Wheaton **= =**VOCABULARY**=

**1.** ** Anonymous ** ** - //identities are unknown// **

 * 2.** ** Cookies - //small programs that collect information about sites you visit and about your computer// **
 * 3.** **Third Party - //someone other than you and the website owner who has access to your personal information//**
 * 4. Privacy options - //choices you make about how your information is used by a website//**
 * 5. Cyberbullying-//Online bullying- saying mean things about others//**
 * 6.Bystander-//watches bullying and does nothing//**
 * 7. Upstander-//witnesses bullying and tries to help stop the bullying //**

=** Online Scams **= Hacked Emails- If you are hacked you can find out if you cant get into your account. Also you can u se unique passwords for important sites, like your bank and email before your hacked.

Spam- check your email account to see if it provides a tool to filter out potential spam or to channel spam into a bulk email folder.

Common online Scams-Scam artists will have you pay money with your credit card number and then they have your number and hack you.

Mystery shopper scams-the scam is giving you fake checks and when you try to cash it in you don't get the money

Money Transfers Scams-money transfers can be useful if you want to send money to someone you know and trust.

Tech Support Scam-when people claim to be computer techs associated

Text message scam- when a person offers you a present and if you take it you have to give a lot of personal information

Phishing-when internet fraudsters impersonate a business to trick you into giving out personal information

Avoiding online scams-spammers could use your account and info and commit crimes in your name

Work at home scams-when you stay at home, do your work on the computer and they hack your work.

online dating scams-The person you met says that he or she is from the U.S. they really aren't and they can lie about their age.

online penny actions- an online penny auction is technically a scam in which, say the bidder bids on an item 260 times he or she would have to pay $260