FTC names its dirty dozen : 12 scams most likely to arrive via bulk e-mail.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education

Series:

FTC consumer alert

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spam (Electronic mail).

Internet fraud.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer and Business Education, [1998]

Summary:

The Bureau of Consumer Protection (BCP) of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) offers the July 1998 consumer alert entitled "FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen: 12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive Via Bulk E-mail." The text is available in PDF format. The FTC has found that most bulk electronic mail is fraudulent. Some of the scams that the electronic mail is likely to offer are business opportunities, work-at-home schemes, health and diet scams, free investment opportunities, and other false claims

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Apr 14, 2003).

OCLC:

49058160