The troubling fact is that efficiency of the Web allows for these scams to scale dramatically. In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission has taken the lead in combating Internet fraud. An IBM representative also called for additional government intervention. We have to think of it in more of a management perspective rather than a technological one. Business has to ante up.
Consumers have to do their part and get educated, and the government has to get involved.
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