SCAMS - FRAUD - ID THEFT CONSUMER PROTECTION INFORMATION - GENERAL N.H. Department of Justice, Attorney General's Office Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau N.H. Consumer Consumer's Handbook: many subjects listed How to file a complaint Consumer Alerts: approximately 1/4 down the page Warning about website "consumerprotectionagency.us" Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Telemarketing Victim Call Center - Fraud Prevention Tips Federal Trade Commission Information on consumer protection General Services Administration Information/contacts for Better Business Bureaus Scams, Fraud, ID Theft | E-Commerce | ID Theft | Scams | Viruses | Spam | Hoaxes E-COMMERCE & THE INTERNET Federal Bureau of Investigation Internet Schemes Internet Auction Fraud Non-delivery of Merchandise Credit Card Fraud Investment Fraud Business Fraud Nigerian Letter Scam Federal Trade Commission - Below are samples of the many useful articles. E-Commerce and the Internet Introduction to Online Security E-mail users: what you need to know about chain e-mail & letters Dialing-Up to the Internet: Staying Safe Online A Consumer's Guide to E-Payments Work At Home Schemes Articles Clever Internet Scams - Burlington, CH 3 article Cyber Blackmail by E-mail - Reuters UK article Scams, Fraud, ID Theft | E-Commerce | ID Theft | Scams | Viruses | Spam | Hoaxes   ID THEFT A fast-rising crime FTC information on ID Theft: Minimize your risk, federal and state laws, file a complaint, reports and testimonies Cases and Scams: check out some of the scams at the bottom of the page Hancock Police Department ID Theft, by HPD Officer Mark S. Wattendorf, D.C.J. New Scams SCAMS - More information here. Federal Trade Commission Tips for avoiding advance-fee loan scams Business settles FTC charge of offering advance-fee credit card Many helpful subjects here. Federal Bureau of Investigation Selections from FBI pages Scams, Fraud, ID Theft | E-Commerce | ID Theft | Scams | Viruses | Spam | Hoaxes E-MAIL ANNOYANCES (Spams, hoaxes and viruses are on the Scam page, because they can be a form of scam.) VIRUSES KEEP UPDATED ON VIRUS NEWS - Are you receiving dire virus warnings in chain letter e-mails? Chances are they are hoaxes. Better check one of these companies first to make sure it really is a virus and not a hoax! F-Secure | McAfee | Norton | Sophos SPAM = UCE = Unsolicited Commercial Email Spam Combat Sites Norton/Symantec SpamWatch Response Center Spam Combat Spam combat primer: tracing spam, where to complain Federal Trade Commission Federal Trade Commission supports legislation to combat spam FTC Statement on UCE before the Subcommittee on Communications Miscellaneous News Spammer may get prison time - Bloomberg News, The Miami Herald HOAXES - Virus Warnings McAfee's Virus Hoaxes List Norton's Virus Hoaxes List Here is an example of a hoax virus. The "jdbgmgr.exe, aka Teddy Bear" file. You will get an e-mail telling you that the sender has found a virus on his hard drive and he will give you the steps on how to remove it. HOAX! HOAX! HOAX! Of course, you will have that file on your hard drive, because it's a perfectly legitimate file. Don't remove it. Check Sophos first here before doing anything rash! Don't you love computers? You can also check the other software companies by entering the name of the file in their search function. Truth or Fiction? VMyths.com - "The truth about virus warnings" - A real education! How to spot a hoax virus warning Check the virus hoax list before hitting the "forward" button HOAXES - Chain Letters Urban Legends Reference Page Check it out (enter a keyword) here before hitting the "forward" button and cloggin the Net Some of the latest chain letters here Urban Legends Zeitgeist - Latest News Urban Legends and Folklore - Checkout their lists HUMOR - A Cure for chain letter mania - After reading this, you probably won't forward any more chain letters. Scams, Fraud, ID Theft | E-Commerce | ID Theft | Scams | Viruses | Spam | Hoaxes FBI Info on Scams | Hancock page on the Nigerian Scam Hancock Home Page | Hancock Alerts