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  • Phishers set hidden traps on eBay

    Click on an eBay auction listing, and you could get an unwanted result: a fake eBay login page, created by scammers looking to pilfer your username and password.

  • Netscape fixes holes in 'security' browser

    Netscape has fixed some critical vulnerabilities in the latest version of its browser less than 24 hours after its release.

  • Australia coordinates spam scam sweep

    Consumer protection agencies around the world are gearing up in the next 48 hours for an international assault on scams in spam on the Internet.

  • Online scammer to get time in slammer

    In one of the toughest sentences for online auction fraud, a US man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of shoppers on eBay and Yahoo auction sites.

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