News tagged with internet frauds
Porn sites closer to getting '.xxx' Web address
(AP) -- Porn sites are closer to getting their own address on the Internet.
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Two thirds of Internet users hit by cybercrime: Norton
Computer security firm Symantec on Wednesday reported that about two thirds of the world's Internet users have fallen victim to cybercrime and few think crooks will be caught.
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Robust consumer protection laws needed to close internet loopholes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Governments the world over must do more to safeguard internet shoppers from 'rogue' traders and their online scams, a new study from Queen Mary, University of London suggests.
Jun 15, 2010 |
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Internet fraud's U.S. price tag put at $550 million
U.S. citizens reported losing more than $550 million in 2009 in Internet fraud, falling prey to a variety of increasingly sophisticated scams, according to a report by the Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Internet fraud losses doubled last year
(AP) -- The cost of Internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI said Friday. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Google acquires Web security firm reCAPTCHA
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google announced on Wednesday that it has acquired reCAPTCHA, a company that produces the squiggly words used by websites to guard against spam and fraud.
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Canadian charged in US in Internet gambling case
A Canadian resident was indicted in the United States on fraud and related charges for processing some 350 million dollars for Internet gambling firms, officials said Thursday.
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Militants, 'hacktivists' exploit Web, eye recruits
(AP) -- Terrorist groups that have long used the Internet to spread propaganda are increasingly tapping the Web to teach Islamic extremists how to be hackers, recruit techies for cyberwarfare and raise money ...
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Japan's ex-IT mogul told to pay damages in Livedoor scam
A Japanese court on Thursday ordered disgraced dotcom tycoon Takafumi Horie and his aides to pay seven billion yen (74 million dollars) in damages to shareholders in his former firm over a fraud case.
May 21, 2009 |
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Technology, sour economy breed, feed Internet scams
Ute Schnetzinger thought the bride was demanding. Only later did the Richardson, Texas, florist learn she was bogus.
May 06, 2009 |
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Ex-CEO of BetOnSports pleads guilty
(AP) -- The former chief executive of BetOnSports pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering conspiracy, admitting that the Internet company falsely portrayed Web-based gambling as legal and caused customers to lose ...
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Reports of Internet crime jump 33 percent
(AP) -- Reports of Internet-based crime jumped 33 percent in 2008, according to a group that monitors web-based fraud.
Mar 30, 2009 |
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