FTC Gets Broader Authority to Pursue Foreign Spammers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The L.A. Times.

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It's the start of an Interpol for the Internet.

The Federal Trade Commission soon will go global in its hunt for spammers,
phishers and other online scammers. President Bush signed a bill Friday
that gives the commission broader authority to pursue e-crooks in other
countries.

The FTC had pushed for more than three years for the new powers, which will
help it shut down scammers such as the polite Nigerians who e-mail
thousands of people a day with tales of woe and promises of riches to those
kind enough to help.

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More:
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-foreignspam26dec26,1,275015.story

- - ferg

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