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The Internet is the latest frontier for those seeking to fraudulently exploit others through web sites or spam e-mail. The Federal Trade Commission receives thousands of complaints each year about e-commerce, internet access services and online auction sites that do not deliver the goods.

Protect Yourself

Learn more about Internet hucksters, their methods, and how to avoid problems with online businesses:

• "Advance Fee Fraud" schemes (Nigerian e-mail scams)
  
  • FTC Alert
  • Information from the US Secret Service
  
  
• Avoiding Telemarketing Fraud: Scholarship Scams
• From the US Security & Exchange Commission:
  • Online Brokerage Accounts: What You Can Do to Safeguard Your Money and Your Personal Information
  • "How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams"
  
  
• Internet Crime Prevention Tips - from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (www.ic3.gov), a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
• OnGuardOnline.gov - practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry
• Consumer Sentinel  - facts, trends and types of complaints filed by consumers
• E-commerce & the Internet Consumer Information - from the FTC
• www.fraud.org - the Fraud Information Center of the National Consumers League

Report Complaints

• Go to www.ic3.gov or use the FTC Consumer Complaint Form to report a company or organization.