Joint task force cracks down on Internet crime
By Greg Sandoval
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
October 31, 2000, 12:10 p.m. PT
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In the high-stakes battle between cyber cops and robbers, good guys from
across the globe are banding together to pursue "dot-con artists."
The Federal Trade Commission is spearheading a joint task force that is
targeting the 10 scams most perpetrated over the Internet, the FTC said
Tuesday. The law enforcement group includes four other U.S. agencies, 23
states, and consumer-protection groups from nine countries.
The group began forming a year ago and so far this year has brought 251
actions against accused online scammers as part of its "Operation Top Ten
Dot Cons."
Among the top 10 Net crimes are auction and health care fraud, pyramid and
travel scams, and phony Internet service schemes.
The 251 cases are only a fraction of the more than 285,000 consumer
complaints that the FTC has received. Security analysts have said that the
Internet makes it easier for cyber criminals to evade detection and avoid
law enforcement.
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