Monthly Archives: May 2008

DNS (whassat?) it’s a great tool against Scammers!

The DNS Route to Scam Protection Online. When you type in ‘www.scammingsite.com’ on your browser, a lookup is performed to translate the domain name into a unique address (IP Address) that all networked computers understand and which contains the path … Continue reading

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Internet Crime down slightly, but not by much!

According to a report issued by the FBI in April (View report in full HERE), internet crimes decreased slightly in 2007 but still resulted in millions more dollars being lost to fraud. Internet crime complaints are primarily submitted to IC3 … Continue reading

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