Avoiding becoming a victim of modern bank fraud involves attention to basic online security, awareness of your own financial situation, knowledge of old-fashioned check-cashing scams, and vigilance around student debt.
The man regarded as the first cybercriminal in history was bank teller Roswell Steffen, who in 1973 was convicted of stealing $1.5 million. Newspapers said he used computers to do it, but that may have been pure hype.