Day: January 26, 2006

ID theft tops list of fraud complaints – CNET News.com

ID theft tops list of fraud complaints | CNET News.com For More Info Click on above link Identity theft continues to plague consumers, topping the list of fraud complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission last year. Consumers filed more than 255,000 identity theft reports to the FTC in 2005, accounting for more than a third of all complaints, the agency said Wednesday. Bogus Internet auctions, foreign money offers, catalog sales and sweepstakes rounded out the top five fraud categories. Also on the list were fake Internet and telephone services.

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Washington state sues over spyware – CNET News.com

Washington state sues over spyware | CNET News.com For more info click on above link update If you paid $49.95 for Spyware Cleaner from Secure Computer, you have been duped, according to Microsoft and Washington state’s attorney general. The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker and Attorney General Rob McKenna have filed a pair of lawsuits against Secure Computer and its principals, charging them with violating the Washington Computer Spyware Act and three other laws. The suits were filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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Google, Sun, others band to fight spyware, adware – CNET News.com

A coalition of tech companies, consumer groups and other organizations hopes to do to companies that spread spyware and adware what “America’s Most Wanted” has done to fugitives–stop them in their tracks by publicizing their misdeeds.

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