Don't Let April 1 Be April "Phools" Day: Federal Trade Commission, National Consumers League and Microsoft Warn Internet Users of Phishing Scams

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Reports of phishing scams skyrocket in
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Don't Let April 1 Be April
"Phools" Day

Don't Let April 1 Be April
"Phools" Day 04/01/2005 06:55 AM
In sharp contrast to the harmless pranks that will be played on April Fools' Day, deceptive phishing schemes are no laughing matter. To strike a blow against criminals who prey on Internet users, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), National Consumers League and Microsoft Corp. today urged consumers to beware of phishing schemes aimed at stealing their identities.

Phishing is a high-tech twist on the all-too-common crime of identity theft, where spam or pop-up messages are used to deceive recipients into releasing personal or financial information into the hands of criminals. The FTC reports that identity theft was the No. 1 consumer complaint in 2004. And, for the first time, phishing appeared on the top Internet and telemarketing scams lists gathered by the National Consumers League in 2004.

Appearing at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Lydia Parnes, acting director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, Susan Grant, director of the National Consumers League's National Fraud Information Center and Internet Fraud Watch program, and Jacqueline Beauchere and Aaron Kornblum of Microsoft urged Internet users to exercise the same caution when doing business online as they would in the physical world and called for increased consumer awareness of phishing.

News source: Microsoft

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Microsoft to appeal Japan's Federal
Trade Commission findings

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Microsoft Applauds Spam Enforcement
Action by State of California and
Federal Trade Commission

Microsoft Applauds Spam Enforcement
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Microsoft: All XP Users to Get SP2 by
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Microsoft: All XP Users to Get SP2 by
April 2005 09/08/2004 10:53 AM
Microsoft has allowed XP users who were leery of taking delivery of Windows XP Service Pack 2 to postpone the patch by using automatic-patch-blocking tools. Microsoft is now giving XP customers using Windows Update/Automatic Update a deadline (April 12, 2005) by which they need to finish preparing for SP2 before Microsoft pushes SP2 out to them.

Microsoft Commends Federal Trade
Commission, Department of Justice And
U.S. Postal Inspection Service for
Criminal and Civil Cases Against Alleged
Key Spammers

Microsoft Commends Federal Trade
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Microsoft: Don't Let April 1 Be April
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Federal Trade Commission OKs Sony-BMG
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E-Mail 'Phishing' Scams Soared in April
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Phishing scam reports skyrocket in April

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Bush, Cheney to Talk to 9/11 Commission
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Recent Forum Discussions (April 10 -
April 17, 2005)

Recent Forum Discussions (April 10 -
April 17, 2005) 04/17/2005 03:52 AM
The MacMerc Forums are an excellent place to ask questions about something you're trying to do with your Mac or post comments about the news floating around the Mac web. Here are a few threads that are looking for input:

• d avepark questions the possibility of seeing wide-screen iBooks in the near future.
• l ux shares with us a new site dedicated to Dashboard widget development.
• garmp is looking for a wireless mouse.
• Alec wants to know if you're happy with 10.3.9. ... And, if you aren't happy with it, did you remember to follow the recommended routine maintenance procedures?
• RickMacM erc wants you to describe MacMerc.com. ... Please use more than one word.

As always, you can subscribe to the MacMerc Forums in your RSS reader and keep track of just the new thread titles or verbose coverage of all activity. Of course if you want to do more than just lurk, you're going to have to regi ster with the forums and post!

Recent Forum Discussions (April 2 -
April 9, 2005)

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April 9, 2005) 04/09/2005 06:15 PM
The MacMerc Forums are an excellent place to ask questions about something you're trying to do with your Mac or post comments about the news floating around the Mac web. Here are a few threads that are looking for input:

• s ooty is looking for "electrical circuit design software for Macs."
• m artini is looking for an experience Flash user.
• pandamout h is looking for a good and inexpensive monitor.
• RickMacMe rc wants us to share our transparent desktops. ... Show me yours, and I'll show you mine.
• graydog is looking for a good scroll mouse. ... I caught one in the traps last week.
• cdemilio< /strong> is having troubles with disappearing text in Quark 4/Classic. ... If you know the whereabouts of cdemilio's text, please respond.
• F lyByKnight may have discovered a major Quark bug. ... no comment.
• m kennedy's boss has a problem with colos looking different after waking up. ... "What and how much is your Art Director drinking when he's out at lunch?"
• g raydog is looking for testimonials on any of the Biometric fingerprint readers.

As always, you can subscribe to the MacMerc Forums in your RSS reader and keep track of just the new thread titles or verbose coverage of all activity. Of course if you want to do more than just lurk, you're going to have to regi ster with the forums and post!

Banks Warn Internet Bankers Against
E-mail Scams

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E-mail Scams 09/11/2004 10:09 PM
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"the petition to make the Federal Trade
Commission and Congress must act to
prevent Fox News from using the
deceptive and misleading trademark 'Fair
and Balanced.'" "

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Commission and Congress must act to
prevent Fox News from using the
deceptive and misleading trademark 'Fair
and Balanced.'" " 07/21/2004 02:44 AM

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah
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April Fool's Day: April 1, 2005

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unsuspecting consumers millions,
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Combat Internet "Phishing" and
"Spoofing" Scams

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Redwood Dragon: April 18, 2004 - April
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V2N15 April 12, 2004 Current Awareness
Happenings on the Internet: Searching
the Internet Audio

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This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (April 12, 2004 V2N15) is dedicated to the latest freely available audio on Searching the Internet. Click on the below audblog link to hear a ten minute audio by Marcus P. Zillman on Searching the Internet. An eleven page white paper, this ten minute audio as well as a soon to be released video are all available from the following URL:

Searching the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.
http://www.SearchingTheIn ternet.info/

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April 24

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Spam, scams continue to plague Internet
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Don't Let April 1 Be April "Phools" Day: Federal Trade Commission, National Consumers League and Microsoft Warn Internet Users of Phishing Scams