Mass marketing and consumer fraud : background, issues and data / Martin A. Parham, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Parham, Martin A.

Series:

Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections.

Criminal justice, law enforcement and corrections series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marketing--United States.

Marketing.

Fraud--United States.

Fraud.

Consumer protection--Law and legislation--United States.

Consumer protection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores consumer fraud and identity theft as well as telemarketing fraud which is both the oldest, and in some respects, the most persistent form of mass-marketing fraud that Canada and the United States have been actively combating for more than a decade now. Additionally, this book has three main purposes: first, it will describe the principal trends and developments since 2003 in the four major types of crime associated with mass-marketing fraud. Second, it will summarise the present approaches that law enforcement in both countries have adopted since 2003 and third, it will report on recommendations that the subgroup made in 2003 as part of a bi-national action plan to fight this fraud. Additional recommendations are also examined that would address changes in the nature and types of mass-marketing fraud that have emerged since 2003.

Contents:

Consumer Fraud and Identity Theft Complaint Data, January-December 2007 / Federal Trade Commission

Mass-Marketing Fraud : A Report to the Minister of Public Safety of Canada and the Attorney General of the United States, March 2008.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61728-443-2

OCLC:

701053872