As national boundaries become more permeable to trade and investment, so increases fraudulent activities. In the old days scammers used to meet face-to-face with people upon whom they prey. Now, modern technology has allowed con artists to globalize and to become more sophisticated using e-mail, message boards and chat rooms to effectively con individuals and businesses. A con artist can be anywhere at any time and he or she is just a click away from his 'mark", a term used by scammers to identify a victim. Anonymity, ease of promotion and reach on global scale that technology offers are contributing to the rapid expansion of fraud.