INTERNET CONSUMERISM

 

 

This is going to be a rather free style page with mainly links to other sites involved with internet fraud, spam and other content that I am concerned with.

 

Articles of a general nature:

            Jury Duty Scam

 

The Federal Trade Commission is beginning to get into the act.  http://www.ftc.gov

 

q       Dealing with Spam article: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/inbox.htm

 

q       Forward a copy of your spam to the FTC’s Spam Database: uce@ftc.gov

 

q       The FTC’s Complaint Form (mainly for spam but any internet transaction could be noted): https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01

 

 

National Fraud Information Center (NFIC): http://www.fraud.org/welcome.htm

 

q       Internet Fraud Watch: http://www.fraud.org

 

Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC): http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/strategy/fraudtips.asp

 

q       IFCC Complaint Form: http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/cf1.asp

 

Florida’s 2005 Guide to ID theft (good for the rest of us as well)

           

ü      Identity Theft, Protecting Your Good Name: http://myfloridalegal.com/identitytheft.pdf

 

Microsoft has a good introductory security site for identity theft, computer viruses (etc) and child safety

 

ü      http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/default.mspx