[pchelpers] Re: Internet scams

  *FTC Details Efforts to Halt Internet Scams*

The Federal Trade Commission today told a Senate committee that efforts 
to combat fraud and deception on the Internet are critical for all 
consumers, including seniors, because, “Internet fraud causes 
significant injury to consumers and harms public confidence in the 
Internet as an emerging market.” Howard Beales, Director of the FTC’s 
Bureau of Consumer Protection told the Senate Special Committee on Aging 
that the Commission has brought 319 law enforcement cases involving 
Internet scams, including cases involving identity theft, auction fraud, 
investment fraud and “Nigerian scams,” and cross-border Internet fraud.

more here:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/03/scamtestimony.htm

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