Question

Travis sends Ursula a link to a purported e-birthday card that when clicked on downloads software to her computer to record her keystrokes and send the data to Travis. He uses the data to obtain her personal information and access her financial resources. This is _____________.

Answer 1

This is identity theft.

Explanation:

The act of gaining the information about the unknown person without their permission for the purpose of committing some fraudulent activities refers to identity thefts. Here a link will be sent to the victim through e-mails and when they are clicked then all necessary details will be sent to the thief through which the necessary details can be taken for the fraudulent purpose without the victim's knowledge.  

Some of the personal information might be stole by the thief in order to apply that information to credit cards and other important things. In the given example Travis sends a link to Ursula and when this link is clicked by her the keystrokes will be recorded by a software and these data will be sent to Travis through which Travis obtain Ursula’s personal information. This is identity theft.The personal information must not be shared with anyone unnecessarily. Always it is recommended to review the credit card and bank account statements.