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InternetNews
December 12, 2006
Roy Mark |
Feds Target Online Business Scams A combined federal-state task force announced Tuesday a law enforcement sweep targeting bogus business opportunities and work-at-home scams, including several Internet operations.   |
InternetNews
March 4, 2009
Alex Goldman |
FTC Warns of Stimulus Scams Online Fraudsters take to the Web, enticing victims with a share of the U.S.'s massive stimulus package. |
InternetNews
November 13, 2006
Roy Mark |
Court Shutters Spyware Operation FTC claims millions of unwanted and unsolicited software downloaded without user permission. |
InternetNews
April 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
Feds Can Spammers Under New Act Federal authorities use Can Spam to raid prolific Michigan spam operation, which specialized in spoofing to hawk bogus diet patches. |
InternetNews
January 5, 2006
Roy Mark |
Bogus Spyware Vendors Settle FTC Charges The Federal Trade Commission slaps almost $2 million in fines on firms selling software that did not remove spyware as advertised. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2007
Roy Mark |
Internet Pretexter Dials Up FTC Settlement Deal bars Information Search from pretexting and selling consumers' personal phone records. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2006
Roy Mark |
'Lonely Housewives' Reach FTC Settlement A spam scam promising dates with lonely, if not quite desperate, housewives is among the latest unsolicited bulk e-mail schemes halted today by the Federal Trade Commission. |
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Hall of Shame Robert Brennan: Found guilty of stock fraud and fined $75 million... Meyer Blinder: Sentenced to 46 months in prison for racketeering, money laundering and stock fraud in 1992... etc. |
Entrepreneur
January 2002
Gwen Moran |
Green Eggs & Scam Small businesses that may not have protective procedures are popular targets for fraud. A description of 17 business scams--from telephone trickery to Web wrongdoing--to avoid at all costs. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2005
Roy Mark |
FTC Freezes Internet Kiosk Businesses Two Florida companies cited by agency for misrepresenting income and location claims. |
InternetNews
June 17, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Twilight for the Phishermen The FTC puts two Internet scamsters out of business. |
InternetNews
June 15, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Do-Not-Spam List Great For Spammers After a six-month study, the FTC updates Congress on the National Do Not E-Mail registry. Hint: It's not a good thing. |
Reason
March 2003
Cathy Young |
Guilty by Association Note to conservatives: Most immigrants aren't terrorists |
InternetNews
August 16, 2005
Roy Mark |
Site Settles Deceptive Credit Report Claims FTC imposes a $950,000 fine and requires consumer restitution from Consumerinfo.com, which misled consumers with promises of a free credit report. |
InternetNews
October 30, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Yahoo, Microsoft Ally to Tackle Lottery Scams With the threat of online scams rising as economic woes worsen, Yahoo and Microsoft look to clamp down on e-mail lottery hoaxes. |
InternetNews
January 9, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC Wins Judgment Against Net Auction Scammers Court bars two Chicago area residents from participating in Web auctions and orders more than $90,000 in consumer redress. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2005
Dayana Yochim |
Silence the Sales Pitches There's no blanket "Do Not Disturb" sign that will thwart every marketer. But with a little legwork you can hit the kill switch on the majority of pre-screened credit card sales pitches. Here's how. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2005
Roy Mark |
Diet Patch Spammers Settle With FTC Court rejects their claim that only affiliate marketers should be held responsible. |
InternetNews
November 30, 2005
Roy Mark |
FTC Stops Web Broker Business Scheme Two Internet-based companies offering Web brokerage services are the latest to be nabbed in a federal crackdown on illegal business opportunities and work-at-home schemes. |
BusinessWeek
July 23, 2007
Chi-an Chang |
Cracking Down on Notorious Notarios Thousands of immigrants fall victim to crooked or incompetent lawyers or to people posing as lawyers, advocacy groups say. |
InternetNews
February 21, 2007
Roy Mark |
FTC Tags Site Again for Deceptive Ads Consumerinfo.com pays $300,000 to settle charges for deceptive advertising practices. This follows a $950,000 fine a year ago. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2006
Roy Mark |
FTC Wants to Nix Netflix 'Opt-Out' Terms The Federal Trade Commission is opposing a proposed class action settlement agreement between Netflix and consumers, claiming the deal appears to unfairly favor the online movie DVD rental outfit. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2004
Roy Mark |
FTC Settles with Pop-up Ad Operators Scheme involved exploiting Windows Messenger Service to barrage consumers with ads. |
InternetNews
July 20, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft: CSI for the FTC Redmond crime-stoppers do forensics work to help the FTC charge X-rated spammers. |
Reason
September 2006 |
Immigration Now, Immigration Tomorrow, Immigration Forever Bush's Border Bravado... Worse Than a Wall... A Legacy of the Unforeseen... Open the Borders... Exploitation or Expulsion... etc. |
Fast Company
October 2000
Daniel H. Pink |
America's Top Cybercop Jodie Bernstein patrols the Web for the Federal Trade Commission, looking for swindlers and snake-oil salesmen. At 74, she's part John Wayne, part Jessica Tandy -- and all business. |
InternetNews
February 1, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
FTC: Identity Theft, Fraud on the Rise A new report by the FTC finds increases in fraud and identity theft. E-mail and the Web were fraud tools of choice on the Internet. |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Douglas MacMillan |
The FTC Takes on the Spam Dispensers The FTC's David Vladeck is fighting Twitter, Facebook, and other Web titans to hunt spammers, spyware, and identity thieves. |
InternetNews
March 11, 2004
Roy Mark |
Washington Beefs Up Can Spam The two powerful federal agencies empowered as the whip hand of the Can Spam Act began the process Thursday of fully implementing the United States' first national law aimed at curbing unsolicited bulk e-mail. |
InternetNews
June 5, 2009
Kenneth Corbin |
FTC Shutters 'Rogue' ISP, Settles Spyware Case The Federal Trade Commission has put the kibosh on an ISP it says was a front for overseas criminals, and settled its complaint against Sears' use of tracking software. |
