Cyberscam Links
Cyberscam Links
NEW! Link for collecting Cyberspace Fraud
The links below provide some useful resources related
to scams in cyberspace. Some may provide examples of
scams.
MS-NBC article about Web Scams (July 16, 1996)
FTC TACKLES FRAUD ON THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY CHARGES
NINE ON-LINE SCAMMERS
NAD Roundup: Policing Cyberspace Advertising
Consumer Protection in the Age of Borderless Markets and the Information Revolution, Roscoe B. Starek, III, Commissioner, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Consumer Protection and the Global Information Infrastructure (must download file to view)
Advertising Law and the Internet
Cyberspace Law
Good Advice on Investment Swindles (whether cyber or not)
First NAD case on cyberspace advertising. National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.
Some good information sources on cyberscams. Contributed by Craig Wood
Consumer Scam Alert Network
Home business frauds
Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Attorney General of Minnesota, cracks down on Computer On-Line Scams
Online Scams: Road Hazards on the Information Superhighway (message from the FTC
Some possibly dubious sites. Contributed by Sherman Hanna
Yahoo Index for Alternative Medicine On 3/25/96, included site listed below
A magnetic device that may cure sexual dysfunction, other ills -- just send $99 by Western Union to a company in the Ukraine.
Some possibly dubious sites. Contributed by Travis Schroeder
Money making opportunities, plus ways to improve your health. Legit or scam?
Secrets of profits with 900 numbers: "Learn how you, too, can become a millionaire in this explosive new industry!"
Would you like to learn how thousands of people are making thousands of dollars with their
1-900 telephone lines?
TURN YOUR COMPUTER INTO A MONEY MACHINE!! Sheila Danzig has made $16 Million Dollars in the past 7 years!
A real scam and a takeoff
Just send me a check for $150
Some possibly dubious sites. Contributed by Mark Coltrin
Trading card site: More information may be better, although given the general problems with investing in cards, let the buyer beware!
Investment advisor: May be legit, but investors should be very cautious in viewing such sites.
A useful warning from the above investment advisor
Other misc. items
The perfect ripoff: Penthouse (leads to offshore 900 numbers