Users Follow the Pop-Up Window And Discover a Higher Phone Bill

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In May of 2000, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Hong Kong consumer protection groups were investigating the pornographic web sites of companies like Celtline Holdings Ltd. Consumers had complained the web sites' downloaded "dialer" software gave them expensive long-distance telephone connections without their knowledge.

Ireland, Hong Kong, Laws, regulations and rules, Consumer protection, Investigations, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, United States. Federal Trade Commission, Celtline Holdings Ltd.

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Faceless web gives fraudsters ideal set for credit-card crimes

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According to one of Indonesia's biggest banks, BCA, over 70% of online credit-card purchases in Indonesia are fraudulant. An Internet fraud gang based in Indonesia steals U.S. credit-card information and uses it to register websites, establish an identity card, and buy items from the Internet with the stolen credit cards. The anonymity provided by the Internet makes it hard to track down offenders.

Police Protection, Indonesia, Data Processing Services, Data processing and preparation, Credit Card DP Services, Fraud, Column, Crimes against, Statistics, Credit card processing, Credit card processing services, Bank Central Asia

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The next big thing on the Web could be a return to the basics

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The online industry is expected to return to a "back-to-basics" approach as firms including Groove Networks Inc. stress collabrative networking. The author examines possiblities for peer-to-peer computing.

Market information - general, World, Services information, Services

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