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Subcategories

• Chain Letters
• Computer Virus Hoaxes
• Fake Escrow Sites
• Identity Theft
• Make Money Fast
• Nigerian Email Fraud
• Phishing

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• crouchie.net

  http://www.crouchie.net/
  Accepts and lists reports on dating scammers, for the UK. Offers the ability to check existing people and help make the UK dating scene a better place.

• 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.

• 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.

• Digital Age Fraud

  http://www.digitalagefraud.com/
  Central source of information about the Digital Age Cyprus MasterCard/Visa fraudulent charge.

• How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams

  http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm
  Securities and Exchange Commission information about investment fraud.

• 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.

• Internet Fraud

  http://www.justice.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.

• National Fraud Information Center

  http://www.fraud.org/
  Provides a page devoted to Internet fraud.

• Romance Scams

  http://romancescams.org/
  Information about people who use dating sites or social networks to con victims out of money. Peer support for those who have been tricked.

• Scam Victims United

  http://www.scamvictimsunited.com/
  Information on scams and support from other victims.

• ScamBusters.org

  http://www.scambusters.org/
  Extensive information on fraud, scams, hoaxes, urban legends and credit card fraud. Free e-zine and reports.

• Stop-scammers

  http://www.stop-scammers.com/
  Information on dating fraud plus an archive of emails, documents and pictures. Membership required for some features.

• The Anatomy of Clickbot.A

  https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/hotbots07/tech/full_papers/daswani/daswani_html/
  Provides a detailed case study of the architecture of the Clickbot.A botnet that attempted a low-noise click fraud attack against syndicated search engines. The botnet of over 100,000 machines was controlled using a HTTP-based botmaster.

• VMyths

  http://www.vmyths.com/
  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.

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