Lurking in the jungle of opportunities on the Internet is a growing number of contests and sweepstakes.
Sponsors range from entrepreneurial individuals to major corporations.
But surely there's a catch. He advises both those posting promotions on the Net and those choosing to participate in contests to be especially careful. The folks who are involved in economic fraud run the same kind of scams, regardless of the media. In addition, the FTC recently issued a Proposed Telemarketing Rule which specifically includes the Internet as a conduit for sales communications. Interestingly, the rule sets forth a number of requirements which would be difficult to enforce on the Information Superhighway.