[pchelpers] News:EU to launch scam crackdown

Tom Espiner ZDNet UK 

Published: 26 Feb 2007 16:06 GMT

The European Union will officially launch a crackdown on cross-border
scams, including internet fraud, this week.

The scheme, called the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, is an
Europe-wide network designed to help law-enforcement bodies tackle
crooks who defraud victims in one country while operating in another. It
has been created under the auspices of European legislation called the
Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulations, which was passed in 2004.


This network of consumer protection watchdogs has been in operation
since 29 December, 2006, but will be launched officially in Brussels on
Wednesday by the EU commissioner for consumer affairs, Meglena Kuneva.

"Con artists are using mass emails or false promises of big earnings to
trap vulnerable people," Kuneva said in a statement. "The fraudsters are
clever — taking advantage of different legal systems across the EU to
target vulnerable people. Their crafty schemes, such as personalising
letters and making them look professional, are costing European
consumers millions of euros."

More here:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286068,00.htm
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