Knowledge: internet
See Also:
- computers → internet → abuse
- computers → internet → abuse → spam
- reference → education → instructional technology → evaluation → web site evaluation
- society → issues → science and technology → computers → internet
Links
- Cyber Criminals Most Wanted
http://www.ccmostwanted.com - Overview of cyber criminal activity that includes safety, security, viruses, scams, filtering, encryption, hackers and government legislation.
- National Fraud Information Center
http://www.fraud.org/ - National Consumer's League's website provides a page devoted to Internet fraud.
- Hoaxkill
http://www.hoaxkill.com/ - Site includes lists and links identifying internet virus hoaxes, chain letters, urban legends, parodies of hoaxes, and discussion forum.
- Internet Hoax Watch
http://www.healthcentral.com/Centers/OneCenter.cfm?Center=Internet%5FHoax%5FWatch - HealthCentral.com topic center. Focuses on health email and internet hoaxes.
- VMyths
http://www.vmyths.com/index.cfm - Extensive resource for identifying and debunking computer virus hoaxes and myths.
- WebAssured
http://www.webassured.com/ - 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.
- Cybercrime
http://www.cybercrime.gov/ - Computer crime section of the Department of Justice contains links relating to internet commerce, intellectual property crimes, cybercrimes and general information.
- Fraud Bureau
http://www.fraudbureau.com - Search for, or register, a complaint relating to online vendors and online auctions, including information and news about fraud on the Internet.
- Virtual Feedback
http://www.virtualfeedback.com - Free online website for Internet buyers and sellers to leave feedback on all types of transactions. Check for Internet fraud before you buy.
- The Real Truth
http://home.cfl.rr.com/realtruth/ - Site provides information about Internet hoaxes, bogus viruses, urban legends, chain letters, email hoaxes, Internet security, and anecdotes about dumb people.
- Catching Online Traders In A Web of Lies
http://www.fmew.com/archive/lies/ - An article describing the growing problem of internet stock fraud including recent "pump and dump" scams.
- Internet ScamBusters
http://www.scambusters.com/ - Extensive information on fraud, scams, hoaxes, urban legends and credit card fraud. Free e-zine and reports.
- How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm - Securities and Exchange Commission information about investment fraud.
- Hoax du Jour
http://www.korova.com/virus/hoax.htm - Regular commentary on the phenomena of misinformation and hoaxes on the Internet. Special attention to chain e-mail, 'Net rumors, scams, and hoaxes.
- Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm - Information from the FTC on E-commerce and the Internet. Includes anti-fraud tips.
- Antiscam.net
http://www.antiscam.net/ - Information about avoiding scams involving Eastern European women, especially Russian ones.
- RipOffs.org
http://www.ripoffs.org/ - The Internet news magazine dedicated to protecting your assets.
- Junk Email
http://www.junkemail.org/ - Resource site for dealing with e-mail scams.
- Zone Patrol
http://www.zonepatrol.com/ - Keeps a running list of websites that have taken advantage of people in the past.
- Law Enforcers Target 'Top 10' Online Scams
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2000/10/topten.htm - Consumer Protection Cops From 9 Countries, 5 U.S. Agencies, And 23 States Tackle Internet Fraud [FTC]
- Spam: Where to Complain About Frauds & Scams on the Internet
http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm - Links to government, advocacy, and watchdog groups accepting consumer complaints about Internet fraud and scams.
- GPTBoycott.com
http://www.gptboycott.com - Identifies "Get-Paid-To" websites that don't live up to their promises.
- Auction Deadbeats
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/ronindh/deadbeats.html - Online Auctioneer's list of deadbeat bidders.
- Web Host Scams
http://www.webhostingchoice.com/scams.php - Outlines things one should watch out for when signing up with a web host.
- Carbuyingtips.com - Fraud Guide
http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm - 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.
- Easy Background Check
http://www.easybackgroundcheck.com/ - Modeling company background check website.
- The El Gordo Lottery Scam
http://www.geocities.com/elgordolotteryscam/ - Essay offers an actual record of an interaction with a scammer posing as a representative of the Spanish Lottery.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation - Common Fraud Schemes
http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm - Describes scams to avoid, most of which are internet-related.
- Catty Shaq
http://www.cattyshaq.com/ - Discussion forum covering various different types of online fraud and scams.
- Digital Age Fraud
http://www.digitalagefraud.com/ - Covers so called "spam charges" to credit cards a string of international fraudsters.
- Scambusters
http://scambusters.co.nz/ - 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.
- Hoaxes, Scams and Rip-offs
http://edsbandwagon.com - Basics on hoaxes, scams and rip-offs on the internet. How to spot them and where to report them. Useful links
- Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/ - A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Alerts for consumers and easy-to-use reporting mechanism for fraud. Formerly the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.
- SEC warns against free-stock offers
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-515193.html - They're not just annoying. The free-stock deals being e-mailed around the Net are illegal.
- Internet Fraud
http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/internet/ - Department of Justice site includes information defining Internet fraud, what to do about it, and where to go to get more information.
- The Register - FBI cracks down on pyramid scam cybervillains
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/05/24/fbi_cracks_down_on_pyramid/ - 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.
- The Register - Online fraud rife in the US
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/03/07/online_fraud_rife/ - 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).
- Tabatha Marshall
http://www.tabathamarshall.com/ - A catalog of alleged bogus job offers and phishing attempts. Includes a comment board.
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