Cybercrime vs virtual crime

"Cybercrime is a term used broadly to describe criminal activity in which computers and networks are a tool, a target, or a place of criminal activity. These categories are not exclusive and many activities can be characterized as falling in one or more categories." (Wikipedia)

With Internet we can see how the crime exisiting on the real life is get in the virtual life. But there are many way to become a webcriminal.

• Examples of cybercrime in which the computer or network is a tool of the criminal activity include spamming and certain intellectual property and criminal copyright crimes, particularly those facilitated through peer-to-peer networks.
• Examples of cybercrime in which the computer or network is a target of criminal activity include defeating access controls (unauthorized access) , malicious code, and denial-of-service attacks.
• Examples of cybercrime in which the computer or network is a place of criminal activity include theft of service (in particular, telecom fraud) and certain financial frauds.
• Examples of common (Anti-social engineering) crimes facilitated through the use of computers or networks include Nigerian 419 frauds, identity theft, child pornography, online gambling, securities fraud.
  

But on the other hand, there are "Cyber Cops" who are protect the consumers. In fact we find them in the market under the form of software that protects our computer. (Antivirus: Norton, AVG. Antispyware : Avast!. Firewall: ZoneLabs). But with the cyber crime, the cyber criminal plays with the naivety of the net users. In fact we can receive during the navigation on the web many invitations to clicks on ads, to accept something and after many viruses are installed on our computer. On the same way, we can receive many mails all the day that are infected and could pirate our Computer. We can also receive fake mail about a bank for example, who ask to communicate account number and passwords...
To fight the cyber crime it is very important to make sensitive net users to the dangers on the web.

As everybody I think I have been a victim of the cyber crime, and to protect my self I use much software to protect my computer, and I am very watchful on the web.