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Report: U.K. failing to fight Net fraudsters

July 27, 2006 Police not helpful as they could be to businesses, individuals who suffer Internet fraud, warns top legal advisor. TAGS: fraud, fraudster, police, victim, crime, goods, authority, U.K., attorney general

eBay vs. fraud: Share your suggestions

January 23, 2007 Bought something that turned out to be a fake? Worried about your reputation as a seller? Let us know, and we'll recap. TAGS: seller, fraud, eBay Inc., buyer

Debunking myths about identity fraud

February 7, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that the facts belie the general belief that ID theft is rampant. Still, victory is a way off. TAGS: identity fraud, fraud, opening, victim, income, U.S.

Banks take on debit-card theft

March 17, 2006 Banks offer programs to alert customers to potential fraud as concerns over debit-card theft build. TAGS: theft, OfficeMax Inc., debit card, fraud, bank, prosecutor

Are fake videos next?

September 11, 2006 There's been a rash of fake photos on the Web. Now, a Dartmouth professor crafts tools to spot doctored video and audio. Photo hoaxes TAGS: fraud, professor, video stream, photograph, president, video, movie

eBay targets Romanian fraudsters

June 27, 2007 A common scheme of those hoping to bilk bidders: send e-mails to people who had narrowly lost an auction. TAGS: Romania, fraudster, eBay Inc., Bucharest, fraud, town, e-mail

London revealed as hot spot for online credit card fraud

September 6, 2007 Fraud information group Early Warning creates a map of the United Kingdom, showing the worst-offending regions. TAGS: hot spot, fraud, U.K., Manchester, London, credit card

Four men charged in Nigeria e-mail scam

March 23, 2006 Justice Department alleges they fleeced American citizens out of $1.2 million, with promises of riches in exchange for charity. TAGS: fraud, count, Nigeria, nation, bank, New York, e-mail

Banks do battle with debit-card fraud

March 17, 2006 Bank of America and Washington Mutual institute programs to alert customers whenever changes are made to their accounts. TAGS: Bank of America Corp., fraud, bank, holder, e-commerce, account, e-mail

Study: Click fraud could threaten pay-per-click model

July 5, 2006 Survey finds that 27 percent of respondents say they've already slowed or stopped their pay-per-click advertising. TAGS: click fraud, pay-per-click advertising, advertiser, Yahoo! Inc., fraud, study, click, representative, Google Inc., survey, search engine, monitor, Microsoft Corp.

Study: Identity theft keeps climbing

March 6, 2007 Victims of the crime are also losing more money and getting less of it back, research from Gartner shows. TAGS: identity theft, Gartner Inc., research company, fraud, statistics

Start-up launches identity-theft search service

January 24, 2007 Service lets people check if their data is being traded online by criminals, but critics say it could be a boon for the same crooks. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, criminal, identity theft, fraud, Sunbelt Software, credit card, search technology, database, CEO, start-up

Fraud abroad remains 'uphill battle' for eBay

March 11, 2008 Phishers in Romania, Russia, and China have "no fear of real punishment," eBay manager says at e-crime conference. TAGS: Romania, eBay Inc., fraud, phishing, Russia, China, London

Mafia insiders infiltrating firms, U.K. cops warn

April 25, 2006 U.K.'s crime-fighting agency says organized crime gangs are planting people inside companies to attack their systems. TAGS: insider, agency, fraud, U.K., London

Outsourcing your 'Warcraft' skills

February 6, 2007 A growing group of companies will for a fee take over players' virtual identity and help them get to the top of the heap. TAGS: World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment, online game, EverQuest, fraud, outsourcing, terms of service, publisher, account, eBay Inc., games, Sony Corp.

N.Y. attorney general accuses Dell of fraud

May 16, 2007 Suit accuses the company of fraud, false advertising and deceptive business practices. TAGS: suit, business practice, New York, fraud, financing, attorney general, financial service, Dell, investigation, PC company, accounting, warranty

Microsoft probes possible Xbox Live fraud

March 21, 2007 Gamers report having their Xbox Live accounts hijacked and their credit cards used to buy virtual currency on the gaming service. TAGS: Xbox Live, Microsoft Xbox, fraud, credit card, representative, gamer, account, Microsoft Corp., security

Police maintain uneasy relations with cybervigilantes

January 17, 2007 London-area police are working with certain cybervigilante groups as sources of information in the fight against online fraud. TAGS: scammer, police, fraud, fight, relationship, spam, health, photograph, virus

Stopping fraud by blackballing PCs

July 28, 2006 Instead of locking out specific users, sites using Iovation's technology can nail suspected fraudsters' hardware. TAGS: fraudster, credit card, fraud, account, code, PC

Whois data a key weapon in fraud fight, FTC says

June 27, 2006 The agency tells ICANN that the domain databases are critical to its fight against spyware and other Internet fraud. TAGS: Whois, agency, fraud, weapon, database, spyware
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