THE ANTICS AND TACTICS OF CYBER FRAUDSTERS IN NIGERIA: THE NEED FOR COUNSELLING INTERVENTION FOR ATTITUDINAL CHANGE

Abstract

Social engineering is a tactic used by cyber criminals that used lies and manipulation to trick people into revealing their personal details and information. Cybercrime is a crime which involves the use of digital technologies in commission of offence, directed to computing and communication technologies. the modern techniques that are proliferating towards the use of internet activity resulting in exploitation and crime. Some of the antics and tactics cybercriminals use to commit crimes may include Botnet, Drug’s trafficking deals, DDoS attacks, Cyber-stalking, Scammers, Cyber- terrorism and pop – ups. Some of the immediate causes of cybercrimes includes Parent  influence / negative role models, Poor remuneration from law enforcement agencies, Non enforcement of cybercrime laws, Urbanization, Security forces collaboration with Fraudsters and the quest for quick Wealth : some of the strategic counselling approaches to forstall cybercrime may include terminate online session completely, create backup of important data, avoid phishing emails, use security programs, protecting your password, participation in social networking and the use a two-step-authentication