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• - Describes scams to avoid, most of which are internet-related.
  
• - Site devoted to exposing Internet scams, hoaxes, con games, computer viruses, hackers, and spammers. Email notification service available.
  
• - According to the FTC, here's what online consumers are complaining about most.
  
• - Site provides information about Internet hoaxes, bogus viruses, urban legends, chain letters, email hoaxes, Internet security, and anecdotes about dumb people.
  
• - HealthCentral.com topic center. Focuses on health email and internet hoaxes.
  
• - Information from the FTC on E-commerce and the Internet. Includes anti-fraud tips.
  
• - A clearinghouse for electronic commerce information and resources, including Internet fraud.
  
• - Keeps a running list of websites that have taken advantage of people in the past.
  
• - Extensive information on fraud, scams, hoaxes, urban legends and credit card fraud. Free e-zine and reports.
  
• - An interactive tutorial on evaluating the quality of Internet resources.
  
• - Site includes lists and links identifying internet virus hoaxes, chain letters, urban legends, parodies of hoaxes, and discussion forum.
  
• - National Consumer's League's website provides a page devoted to Internet fraud.
  
• - Consumer Protection Cops From 9 Countries, 5 U.S. Agencies, And 23 States Tackle Internet Fraud [FTC]
  
• - Satire, parody, alternate opinions and links to scientific tests and reports about many of the unusual products on the Internet.
  
• - Free membership site for businesses and consumers to identify websites and companies that are conducting scams. Includes forum, message board, monthly newsletters & reporting toolbar.
  
• - The Internet news magazine dedicated to protecting your assets.
  
• - Securities and Exchange Commission information about investment fraud.
  
• - Regular commentary on the phenomena of misinformation and hoaxes on the Internet. Special attention to chain e-mail, 'Net rumors, scams, and hoaxes.
  
• - The core of ScamHound is the ScamBoard. The ScamBoard is an online message board discussion forum where users may read posts from other users about various suspected internet scams.
  
• - Links to government, advocacy, and watchdog groups accepting consumer complaints about Internet fraud and scams.
  
• - Site to combat registrar abuse (i.e. denial of transfer)and domain name theft. Advocates organizing a class action lawsuit against ICANN and unscrupulous registrars.
  
• - The FBI has charged 88 people with Internet fraud after a nation-wide swoop. Those charged allegedly defrauded a total of 56,000 surfers out of more than $117 million.
  
• - Source for news about internet issues--including scams, hoaxes, and fraud. Links to related websites, software, online courses, and advice.
  
• - How to spot scams on TradeMe, the New Zealand auction site. The site profiles typical scams and provide hints and safety tips for online traders.
  
• - Focuses on the Liquidation Universe Ebay Laptop Computer Scam. Assistance and resources for victims of fraudulent auctions.
  
• - They're not just annoying. The free-stock deals being e-mailed around the Net are illegal.
  
• - Essay offers an actual record of an interaction with a scammer posing as a representative of the Spanish Lottery.
  
• - Consumer protection service site provides means to register complaints, free ShopAssured download alerts shoppers when entering e-commerce site, free reports on business's consumer performance.
  
• - Overview of cyber criminal activity that includes safety, security, viruses, scams, filtering, encryption, hackers and government legislation.
  
• - Extensive resource for identifying and debunking computer virus hoaxes and myths.
  
• - Information about avoiding scams involving Eastern European women, especially Russian ones.
  
• - Resource site for dealing with e-mail scams.
  
• - The US is a hotbed of online fraud according to a report just published by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NWCCC).
  
• - Outlines things one should watch out for when signing up with a web host.
  
• - Personal experience attempting to buy from Lucian Romeo Freidel in Madrid, Spain. Also known as Alina Mihaela Popa, Barone Domenico, ebay ID BEARLESS75, Andrey Sell
  
• - Identifies "Get-Paid-To" websites that don't live up to their promises.
  
• - Online Auctioneer's list of deadbeat bidders.
  
• - An article describing the growing problem of internet stock fraud including recent "pump and dump" scams.
  
• - Modeling company background check website.
  
• - Search for, or register, a complaint relating to online vendors and online auctions, including information and news about fraud on the Internet.
  
• - Steps to take in a dispute, sample dispute letter, and tips for shopping online or by catalog.
  
• - Computer crime section of the Department of Justice contains links relating to internet commerce, intellectual property crimes, cybercrimes and general information.
  
• - Free online website for Internet buyers and sellers to leave feedback on all types of transactions. Check for Internet fraud before you buy.
  
• - Department of Justice site includes information defining Internet fraud, what to do about it, and where to go to get more information.
  
• - Consumer guide to preventing and fighting eBay, escrow, auto, internet, cashiers check, and Nigerian scams. Tips on how to spot phony escrow companies and report the scammers.