There has been an increase in internet crime within the U.S. The consequences of a cyberattack can include financial losses, theft of property, and loss of consumer confidence and trust. The monetary impact has been estimated to be billions of dollars a year. With the foremost common sorts of cybercrime being phishing and fraud, there has been and continues to be an overload of victims. Victims of these cases can feel violated love it may be a physical attack. Many victims reported psychological impacts like anger, anxiety, fear, isolation, and embarrassment. Many of those crimes go unsolved leaving victims with no justice. Victims will always be present as long as people continue taking risky actions when using the web. People need to be more aware before opening random links, sharing password information, and/or using unsecured Wi-Fi connections. most of the people who engage in these actions find themselves with a negative consequence. Offenders on the opposite hand are trying to find opportunities to hunt out vulnerable pathways to access a victim’s personal data and bank information. It’s believed that victims and offenders share risk factors like low self-control, routine activities or a risky life-style and socio-demographics that increase both their risk for offending and victimization. In other words, victims are easy targets when they don’t use secured methods when accessing the internet. Making accounts using an equivalent weak password could put you on the radar to be a victim. In return, a victim could decide become the offender if they plan to engage within the cybercrime activity that was inflicted upon them. Because there are challenges policing the web an individual may feel there’s a decreased chance of getting caught. Additionally, offending can directly cause victimization or the other way around.