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RSS fraud campaignFight against fraud gets teeth
News silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign has scored another success with the unveiling of the Internet Integrity movement, an industry group aimed at combating bad practice on the web, backed by the police. [18 Dec 2001]
silicon.com campaign inspires cybercrime unit
News An industry and governmental taskforce has been formed to tackle the growing threat of cybercrime, inspired directly by silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign. Patrick White, BWDMA founder, said: "When silicon.com started its Fighting Fraud campaign... [10 Oct 2001]
Fighting Fraud: IoD boss backs silicon.com campaign
News Professor Jim Norton, the Institute of Directors (IoD's) spokesman on ecommerce, is backing the campaign for an independent office capable of winning the trust of business and the consumer on the issue of fraud and abuse on the internet. [23 Apr 2001]
eBay cracks down on Romanian con artists
News Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year-long campaign to curb online fraud being perpetrated by criminals in Romania - an effort that has resulted in several hundred arrests. [28 Jun 2007]
ID fraud: Who's most at risk?
News Three-quarters of UK adults have either been affected by identity fraud or know someone who has, according to a poll commissioned for the ID fraud prevention campaign. National identity fraud protection week has kicked off with a warning that 79... [09 Oct 2007]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News silicon.com is today launching its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a properly funded and dedicated national UK police unit to combat the growing threat of high-tech fraud and cyber attacks. Our e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a fully... [12 Mar 2008]
Benefit cheats face "Robocop" fraud crackdown
News Benefit cheats are being targeted by a new government campaign warning of a "Robocop"-style crackdown using fraud-busting technology and computer systems. Anti-fraud minister James Plaskitt said in a statement: "Robocop was Hollywood fiction but... [03 Oct 2005]
US company falls prey to 'Bloomberg' frauds
News Merrett, who is spearheading his organisation's support for silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign, was approached by the owner of the business after details of the fraud in fake bank bonds emerged on the web. [25 Apr 2001]
Fight Fraud: Police chief backs confidential list of e-crimes
News His demand is in line with silicon.com's Fighting Fraud campaign, which recognises many businesses are reluctant to report wrong-doing and others remain ignorant of common scams because there is no centralised and confidential database of offences. [21 Jun 2001]
eBay shuts down dodgy doubloon dealer
News The news comes on the day silicon.com launches its Fighting Fraud campaign, which calls for the creation of an independent body that victims of cybercrime can report to in confidence. If you want to pledge your support to our 'fight fraud' campaign... [18 Apr 2001]
Anyone for footy? Straw boots the high-tech political ball
Comment Last month silicon.com launched its Fighting Fraud campaign, which called on the government to establish such a unit, with the skills and manpower to tackle the problem. With no equivalent organisation to the successful Internet Fraud Complaints... [21 May 2001]
Fighting Fraud: A call to arms...
Comment These things happen: we want to educate people to make sure they don't, but make it easy for action to be taken if they do.silicon.com has already secured some heavyweight support for this Fighting Fraud campaign. [18 Apr 2001]
Cybercops fight to lose the 'glory boy' label
News The true test of the success of Hynds' cybercrime unit, according to many observers, will be whether he can boost the figures for cybercrime reporting from both industry and the public to allow the units efforts to be effectively targeted.silicon... [18 Apr 2001]
Fighting Fraud: Real live scams
Comment Why do I support silicom.com's Fighting Fraud campaign? The ASIC chairman hit the nail on the head when he said: "Investors should be wary of fraud and not believe that the internet offers some sense of instant authority. [01 May 2001]
Leader: ID cards face identity crisis
Leader We've also seen the Home Office's claims about the cost of identity fraud (a key justification for the project) comprehensively debunked, while all the time the predicted cost of the project has continued to rise. [10 Jul 2006]
