Net increase in cases of fraud F.T.C. The report indicates
Cases of fraud occurring on the Internet have more than 30 percent over the past two years, according to the annual report on consumer complaints, by the Federal Trade Commission. While identity theft on a ranking of the list, on 43 percent of complaints received by the Commission, about half of complaints in relation to other consumer goods has been some fraud access to the Internet — Via e-mail or a website advertising electronically reactions display or print on any transaction on the Web. More than 13 percent of all complaints related auction sites and 6 per cent and Internet services. ”Indeed, and this may be a sign of our times,’’said J. Howard Beales, director of consumer protection with the Commission,”among consumers to learn about fraud, 29 percent have been achieved by a Web site and 25 Percent were first contacted via spam.”He added:”Only 23 percent - just over a fifth of consumer complaints - reported that they were first contacted by telephone.”
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