- Cyber Criminals Most Wanted - http://www.ccmostwanted.com
Overview of cyber criminal activity that includes safety, security, viruses, scams, filtering, encryption, hackers and government legislation.
- Hoaxkill - http://www.hoaxkill.com/
Site includes lists and links identifying internet virus hoaxes, chain letters, urban legends, parodies of hoaxes, and discussion forum.
- Internet Hoax Watch - http://www.healthcentral.com/Centers/OneCenter.cfm?Center=Internet%5FHoax%5FWatch
HealthCentral.com topic center. Focuses on health email and internet hoaxes.
- VMyths - http://www.vmyths.com/index.cfm
Extensive resource for identifying and debunking computer virus hoaxes and myths.
- WebAssured - http://www.webassured.com/
Consumer protection service site provides means to register complaints, free ShopAssured download alerts shoppers when entering e-commerce site, free reports on business's consumer performance.
- Cybercrime - http://www.cybercrime.gov/
Computer crime section of the Department of Justice contains links relating to internet commerce, intellectual property crimes, cybercrimes and general information.
- Fraud Bureau - http://www.fraudbureau.com
Search for, or register, a complaint relating to online vendors and online auctions, including information and news about fraud on the Internet.
- Virtual Feedback - http://www.virtualfeedback.com
Free online website for Internet buyers and sellers to leave feedback on all types of transactions. Check for Internet fraud before you buy.
- Internet Fraud Complaint Center - https://www.ifccfbi.gov/
A partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Alerts for consumers and easy-to-use reporting mechanism for fraud.
- ScamHound - http://www.scamhound.com/
The core of ScamHound is the ScamBoard. The ScamBoard is an online message board discussion forum where users may read posts from other users about various suspected internet scams.
- The Real Truth - http://home.cfl.rr.com/realtruth/
Site provides information about Internet hoaxes, bogus viruses, urban legends, chain letters, email hoaxes, Internet security, and anecdotes about dumb people.
- Internet Fraud - http://www.internetfraud.usdoj.gov
Department of Justice site includes information defining Internet fraud, what to do about it, and where to go to get more information.
- Internet ScamBusters - http://www.scambusters.com/
Extensive information on fraud, scams, hoaxes, urban legends and credit card fraud. Free e-zine and reports.
- Hoax du Jour - http://www.korova.com/virus/hoax.htm
Regular commentary on the phenomena of misinformation and hoaxes on the Internet. Special attention to chain e-mail, 'Net rumors, scams, and hoaxes.
- Federal Trade Commission - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menu-internet.htm
Information from the FTC on E-commerce and the Internet. Includes anti-fraud tips.
- NetScalped.com - http://www.netscalped.com
Source for news about internet issues--including scams, hoaxes, and fraud. Links to related websites, software, online courses, and advice.
- Antiscam.net - http://www.antiscam.net/
Information about avoiding scams involving Eastern European women, especially Russian ones.
- The WorldWide Scam Network - http://worldwidescam.com/index.htm
Satire, parody, alternate opinions and links to scientific tests and reports about many of the unusual products on the Internet.
- RipOffs.org - http://www.ripoffs.org/
The Internet news magazine dedicated to protecting your assets.
- Junk Email - http://www.junkemail.org/
Resource site for dealing with e-mail scams.
- SEC warns against free-stock offers - http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2297000,00.html
They're not just annoying. The free-stock deals being e-mailed around the Net are illegal.
- Zone Patrol - http://www.zonepatrol.com/
Keeps a running list of websites that have taken advantage of people in the past.
- The Register - Online fraud rife in the US - http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/17410.html
The US is a hotbed of online fraud according to a report just published by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NWCCC).
- Jerkz.com - http://www.Jerkz.com/
Site devoted to exposing Internet scams, hoaxes, con games, computer viruses, hackers, and spammers. Email notification service available.
- GPTBoycott.com - http://www.gptboycott.com
Identifies "Get-Paid-To" websites that don't live up to their promises.
- Auction Deadbeats - http://www.angelfire.com/journal/ronindh/deadbeats.html
Online Auctioneer's list of deadbeat bidders.
- Direct Fraud - http://www.directfraud.com/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=goldfish
Free membership site for businesses and consumers to identify websites and companies that are conducting scams. Includes forum, message board, monthly newsletters & reporting toolbar.
- Internet Scams - http://www.InternetScams.info
Site to combat registrar abuse (i.e. denial of transfer)and domain name theft. Advocates organizing a class action lawsuit against ICANN and unscrupulous registrars.
- Web Host Scams - http://www.webhostingchoice.com/scams.php
Outlines things one should watch out for when signing up with a web host.
- Carbuyingtips.com - Fraud Guide - http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm
Consumer guide to preventing and fighting eBay, escrow, auto, internet, cashiers check, and Nigerian scams. Tips on how to spot phony escrow companies and report the scammers.
- The El Gordo Lottery Scam - http://www.geocities.com/elgordolotteryscam/
Essay offers an actual record of an interaction with a scammer posing as a representative of the Spanish Lottery.
- Catty Shaq - http://www.cattyshaq.com/
Discussion forum covering various different types of online fraud and scams.
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