ID: 0500609

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• By Tadhg Clancy
• ID 0500609
• DAP05S

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• Keywords Protection from Spam, Scam Junk
  Mail
  
• Engins Hits Google 513,000
• MSN 35,337
• Yahoo 190,000
• The purpose of this search is to determine
  which search engine produced the best
  information
  
• The first website dealing in Spam, Scam and
  Junk mail was taken in order to see where they
  differed

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Federal Trade Commission For The Consumer

• Information on the avoidance, reduction and
  stopping of Spam mail
  
• Spammers buy a list of emails that are
  harvested from a broker
  
• Have two email addresses, one permanent and one
  provisional.
  
• Check the private poilcy of companies
• Use unique email addresses such as db35N7Mop8
• Contact the ISP of the person who sends you spam
• Ignore all emails that you dont know the
  addresses
  
• Have skepticism when approaching any email that
  provides free content , chain letters, loans,
  work-at-home schemes and any other staggering
  clames

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MacInTouch Spam and Scam Resources

• Provides links to many different sites
• Spam, Preventing Spam, Reporting and Responding
  to Spam
  
• News and Reports dealing with Spam Scam
• Spammers, Legislation Organisations
• Fraud, Hoaxes and Other Resources

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Federal Trade Commission For The Consumer

• Starting a crackdown on deceptive email
• Deceptive junk e-mail also illegal
• Seven defendents caught agreed to settle charges
  in which they were guilty of Scamming consumers
  with decepitve chain letters
  
• 1,000 spammers were warned to stop spamming or
  face charges. Many of which ignored the warning
  
• Those caught are bared from advertising any
  product and to repay all money revieved
  
• Agency will launch a public/private education
  effort to educate people in what is Scam mail
  
• Two Brochures are available for consumers "What
  You Need to Know About Chain E-Mails and
  Letters," and "The Lowdown on Chain Letters," on
  the FTC website

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Spamcon Foundation To reduce spam (junk mail)

• Centers on events that happened on 9/11
• Spammers sent email looking for donations for
  "Express Relief Fund" or "Victims Survivor Fund
  
• Links for donations go to sites which do not care
  for the disaster
  
• Tips check the URL, Organisation or verify
  through a solicitor the identity of the person as
  it is probably fraud
  
• These fraudulant emails appeared only hours after
  the events on 9/11
  
• Some spammers suggested to turn off the TV from
  the events in America and join their free
  website
  
• CAUCE (Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
  Email) fights for legislation to prohibit Spam
  (unsolicited e-mail advertisements)

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Scams Online and Offline

• Provides links to current and back issues of
  Internat ScamBusters
  
• Over 140 different issues are provided dealing in
  many different subjects
  
• Some of which deal with Hurricane Karina,
  Phishing Scams in Amazon, Travel Scams and many
  more
  
• On offer is a free public service where you can
  ask questions and find out answers dealing with
  the avoidance of Scam mail
  

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Federal Trade Commission For The Consumer

• Starting a crackdown on deceptive email
• Deceptive junk e-mail also illegal
• Seven defendents caught agreed to settle charges
  in which they were guilty of Scamming consumers
  with decepitve chain letters
  
• 1,000 spammers were warned to stop spamming or
  face charges. Many of which ignored the warning
  
• Those caught are bared from advertising any
  product and to repay all money revieved
  
• agency will launch a public/private education
  effort to educate people in what is Scam mail
  
• Two Brochures are available for consumers "What
  You Need to Know About Chain E-Mails and
  Letters," and "The Lowdown on Chain Letters," on
  the FTC website

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Spam Where to Complain About Frauds Scams on
the Internet

• Provides links to different sites dealing with
  spam
  
• Provides links to complaint forms of different
  types to different companies and organisations
  
• Links to mail complaints about software piracy
• Links where to Complain about any Company about
  anything which may be unsolicited or otherwise
  
• Links to find all about Frauds and Scams on the
  Internet

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Computer Viruses, spam mail, email scams, email
cons, lottery scams (with samples of lottery
scams email scams)

• Provides advice on Viruses Hackers on how to
  avoid them
  
• Also provides advice on what to do if you are
  spammed or attacked by spammers or hackers
  
• It expalins all about Firewalls what they are,
  used for and types of protection
  
• Provides information on Spam mail and Scam
  Lottery Scams
  
• Also provided 32 different examples of of email
  Scams and cons
  
• Also provides advice on Spyware and Adware
  protection
  
• It also states the you should not open links
  which say that you may have been infected with
  spyware

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Federal Trade Commission For The Consumer

• Starting a crackdown on deceptive email
• Deceptive junk e-mail also illegal
• Seven defendents caught agreed to settle charges
  in which they were guilty of Scamming consumers
  with decepitve chain letters
  
• 1,000 spammers were warned to stop spamming or
  face charges. Many of which ignored the warning
  
• Those caught are bared from advertising any
  product and to repay all money revieved
  
• agency will launch a public/private education
  effort to educate people in what is Scam mail
  
• Two Brochures are available for consumers "What
  You Need to Know About Chain E-Mails and
  Letters," and "The Lowdown on Chain Letters," on
  the FTC website

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• The three search engins show no difference in
  Junk mail but differ greatly on Spam Scam mail
  
• Google produced some excellent resources on the
  reporting of all types of Spam, Scam Junk mail
  but lacked in diversity compared to Yahoo and
  MSN, as it focused on cases in America which the
  FTC are occupied
• MSN produced some less helpful results but
  provides some excellent information resources
  
• MSN also produced some dated information (Scam
  mail on events surrounding 9/11)
  
• Yahoo provided information, with examples
• The most up to date information is on offer
  between Yahoo MSN search engins
  
• No one search engin is above the other as they
  all lack in information on at lest one of the
  topics

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• Google
• 1 http//www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/online/onbo
  x.htm
  
• 2 http//www.macintouch.com/spam.shtml
• 3 http//www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/eileenspam1.htm
  
  
• MSN
• 1 http//spamcon.org/about/news/releases/20010912
  .shtml
  
• 2 http//www.scambusters.com/backissues.html
• 3 http//www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/eileenspam1.htm
  
  
• Yahoo
• 1 http//www.elsop.com/wrc/complain.htm
• 2 http//www.thekev.co.uk/spam.html
• 3 http//www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/02/eileenspam1.htm