High-tech scams get international clampdown
Monday, 1 March 2004 17:42 EST
With cybercriminals based all over the world, governments must cooperate to clamp down on one of technology's ugly sides - the mass-marketing scam. Representatives of more than 60 law enforcement agencies and regulators from around the world gathered in London on Friday to try and formulate international cooperation against the rising tide of marketing fraud schemes, many of which rely on computers and mobile phones.
The seminar, organised by the UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT), is aimed at combating marketing scams such as the 419 fraud; emails that falsely claim the recipient has won a valuable prize and demand a fee in exchange; and text messages that con people into dialling a premium-pay number.
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