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What was absent from the article is what government is doing to stem the tide of this new area of crime. Federal, state and local law enforcement officers from all over the country are learning to deal with high technology as used by criminals. As with most policing, law enforcement is currently reactive to high-technology crime. However, we are increasing our responsiveness to meet the needs of our victims. At the local level, our victims range from misdemeanor e-mail threat cases to complicated interstate Internet scams.