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INTERNET CRIME Complaints and Losses on the Rise 03/30/09 Reports of Internet scams and their financial toll continued to grow in 2008, according to the latest data by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which operates a website, www.ic3.gov, to collect and refer public complaints about Internet fraud. In 2008, more than $264 million was lost in 275,284 complaints—an average of $931 for every complaint—according to the 2008 Internet Crime Report, released March 30. Almost one-third of the complaints were for non-delivery of merchandise purchased online; auction fraud accounted for one in four complaints.

Hey FR, need a little bit o' help from someone who has sold things via the internet. I think this guy may be trying to scam me and I just want to see if anyone else is getting a caveat venditor feel about this. Hello how are you is this item is still available for sale get back to me as soon as possible. ThanksTO which I replied:yes it is. actually, it was kind of a typo. i'm selling for $1600/bo. i have the full bike with pedals. it's a medium size frame and good to go, if you want...

DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud. The crackdown, announced this week and due to come into force Oct. 4, will block calls to 13 locations — all but one of them far-flung islands — to deter fraudsters from breaking into people's computers and hijacking their modems for profit. The government-appointed Commission for Communications Regulation said it was obliged to act after receiving more than 300 complaints this year from Internet users who discovered that their connections had been...

Indicted couple allegedly used Internet to bilk lovelorn men By Alex Roth UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 17, 2003 A husband and wife have been indicted in San Diego federal court on charges of using the Internet to sucker lovelorn men into shelling out money for prospective Russian wives and girlfriends who didn't exist. The case was one of several cited by Attorney General John Ashcroft in a Washington, D.C., news conference yesterday to announce a crackdown on Internet scams. Ashcroft said federal authorities have charged 135 people with Internet scams in recent months. The crimes range from conducting bogus auctions...

Meet Mr Madu Frank in a silicon.com special... Anybody who has ever received the notorious Nigerian Money Scam will probably have asked themselves the same question - what would happen if I replied? For those of you unfamiliar with this email scam, the basic idea is simple. Somebody purporting to be a Nigerian banker contacts you, offering a chance to earn some serious money. Often his bank will be looking after the considerable fortune of a deceased millionaire - from shipping magnate to former president. He says he needs a foreign bank account through which to launder the money -...