This page features a daily collection of links to articles about Internet scams (as well as some links to prominent scams of the non-cyber variety).
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A mother who helped her son carry out a home repair scam that bilked a 90-year-old widow out of nearly a half-million dollars has been sentenced to pay $57,828 in restitution to the woman.
The urgent e-mail from the "account department" told America Online customers of the need for "updated/corrected" credit-card and billing information from "all our members."