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• Internet Crime Complaint Center - 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. Formerly the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.

  The Anatomy of Clickbot.A Provides a detailed case study of the architecture of the Clickbot.A botnet that attempted a low-noise click fraud attack against syndicated search engines. The botnet of over 100,000 machines was controlled using a HTTP-based botmaster. http://www.usenix.org/events/hotbots07/tech/full_papers/daswani/daswani_html/

  Antiscam.net Information about avoiding scams involving Eastern European women, especially Russian ones. http://www.antiscam.net/

  Artists Against 419 Covering advanced fee fraud scams and fake banks. http://www.aa419.org/

  The Best Scams A guide to various scams and fraudulent operations. http://www.thebestscams.com/

  Carbuyingtips.com - Fraud Guide 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. http://www.carbuyingtips.com/fraud.htm

  Cyber Criminals Most Wanted Overview of cyber criminal activity that includes safety, security, viruses, scams, filtering, encryption, hackers and government legislation. http://www.ccmostwanted.com

  Cybercrime Computer crime section of the Department of Justice contains links relating to internet commerce, intellectual property crimes, cybercrimes and general information. http://www.cybercrime.gov/

  Digital Age Fraud Central source of information about the Digital Age Cyprus MasterCard/Visa fraudulent charge. http://www.digitalagefraud.com/

  Easy Background Check Modeling company background check website. http://www.easybackgroundcheck.com/

  Federal Bureau of Investigation - Common Fraud Schemes Describes scams to avoid, most of which are internet-related. http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm

  FraudWatchers.Org An archive of various scams and fraudulent activities, plus a multilingual support forum. http://www.fraudwatchers.org/

  GPTBoycott.com Identifies "Get-Paid-To" websites that don't live up to their promises. http://www.gptboycott.com

  Hoaxes, Scams and Rip-offs Basics on hoaxes, scams and rip-offs on the internet. How to spot them and where to report them. Useful links http://edsbandwagon.com

  Hoaxkill Lists and links identifying Internet virus hoaxes, chain letters, urban legends, parodies of hoaxes, and discussion forum. http://www.hoaxkill.com/

  How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams Securities and Exchange Commission information about investment fraud. http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/cyberfraud.htm

  Internet Fraud Department of Justice site includes information defining Internet fraud, what to do about it, and where to go to get more information. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/internet/

  Internet ScamBusters Extensive information on fraud, scams, hoaxes, urban legends and credit card fraud. Free e-zine and reports. http://www.scambusters.com/

  An Introduction to Internet Fraud A introduction explaining many aspects of fraud on the internet. http://legal.practitioner.com/computer-crime/

  Junk Email Resource site for dealing with e-mail scams. http://www.junkemail.org/

  Money Laundering Fraud Tracks current fraudulent "money mule" operations operated through the Internet. http://www.bobbear.co.uk/

  National Fraud Information Center Provides a page devoted to Internet fraud. http://www.fraud.org/

  PhishBucket An archive of fraudulent and suspect emails, concentrating on bogus job offers and related topics. http://www.phishbucket.org/

  RipOffs.org Moderated complaints service covering consumer interests, government and politics. http://www.ripoffs.org/

  Scam Victims United Information on scams and support from other victims. http://www.scamvictimsunited.com/

  Spam: Where to Complain About Frauds & Scams on the Internet Links to government, advocacy, and watchdog groups accepting consumer complaints about Internet fraud and scams. http://www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm

  Stop-scammers Information on dating fraud plus an archive of emails, documents and pictures. Membership required for some features. http://www.stop-scammers.com/

  VMyths Extensive resource for identifying and debunking computer virus hoaxes and myths. http://vmyths.com/

  Web Host Scams Outlines things one should watch out for when signing up with a web host. http://www.webhostingchoice.com/scams.shtml

  WebAssured 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. http://www.webassured.com/