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Online scams cost $485 mn in US in 2011: survey

Online scams including identity theft schemes, "advance fee" and "romance fraud" cost Americans some $485 million in 2011, a report prepared for the FBI said Thursday.

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Online predators still loom charge, new research warns

Results from a three-year EU-funded study into the methods and behaviours of sex offenders show that online paedophiles who seek out children in chat rooms are abandoning the traditional 'grooming process'; ...

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created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle

(AP) -- Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission.

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created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hello, stranger: the ups and downs of Chatroulette

(AP) -- A new Web sensation called Chatroulette feels like a throwback to the early 1990s, when online chat rooms brimmed with lonely strangers looking for meaningful connections, meaningless sex, or something in between.

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created Feb 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0