Which among the following is a fraudulent or deceptive act designed to trick individuals into spending time or money for little or no return? A. Internet scams
B. Data manipulation
C. Theft
D. Malicious programs

A. Internet scams.

Explanation:

Internet scams is a fraudulent or deceptive act designed to trick individuals into spending time or money for little or no return through the use of a cloud service or the internet. Some examples of an internet scam are phishing scams, email spams, credit card scam, etc. It is simply centred around the provision of false information or misrepresentation of another party for the sole purpose of theft.

Hence, an internet scam is an illegal means of obtaining things from people and such is a cyber crime that is punishable by law.