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March: Fraud Prevention Month
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-03-03
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Canadian consumer protection agencies met on Wednesday in Ottawa to kick off Fraud Prevention Month. This is part of an ongoing international effort to raise public awareness of the dangers of fraud and then education the public on how to spot it and report it.
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Representatives from the FTC were at the event along with members of the Canadian Competition Bureau, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial Police. They were explaining the details of how cross-border partnerships are the key to fighting fraud.
"People operating frauds are increasingly using international borders to try and escape the consequences of their actions," said C. Steven Baker, Director of the FTC's Midwest Region. "The U.S. and Canada are leading the world in showing that we can work together and protect consumers on both sides of the border."
Perhaps the biggest part of this program is the OnGuardOnline.gov site designed for cross-border online fraud. The site provides education and information to help computer users become more aware and to be safe online.
The site covers safety topics, including spyware, identity theft, phishing and spam scams. The campaign is multimedia and interactive, and while it was launched last fall, it has been re-emphasized for the months activities.
The resources are available in both French and Spanish and offers information about common scams and how to avoid them. Some of those more common scams are lottery scams, foreign check overpayments or toe ever popular Nigerian "419" scams.
The information is also available for download by companies and other organizations for use with their own computer security programs.
In addition to the new information on OnGuardOnline.gov, the FTC will feature the Fraud Prevention Month Web banner on its cross-border website and on www.consumer.gov, and continue to distribute its adapted version of "Fraud: Recognize it. Report it. Stop it." in print and online.
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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