I had a conversation with Jack Payne about internet con artists. Payne is a legal researcher, writing educator, and fiction writer who has done extensive research into the nature of cyber crime. (To see some of Payne's research on cyber crime, visit [URL removed])
As everyone knows, cyber crime is a growing concern for webmasters, computer programmers, and web surfers who rely on the Web to do their e-commerce transactions. Perhaps we as educators could figure out ways to use the Scratch program to teach our students about topics such as Internet crime, identity theft, or cyber fraud.
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