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Internet Fraud Seminar Reading Assignments -- Spring 2003


Welcome to "Current Topics in Information Technology Law: Internet Fraud." Reading assignments will be updated here regularly.

Please click on the class sessions below to find the readings for the sessions.


Session One: Introduction -- January 23, 2003

Session Two: Internet Fraud Investigative Techniques -- January 30, 2003

Session Three: "Old Wine In New Bottles" -- February 13, 2003

Session Four: Auction Fraud -- February 27, 2003

Session Five: Financial Fraud -- March 6, 2003

Session Six: "High-Tech" Internet Scams -- March 20, 2003

Session Seven: Spam -- March 27, 2003

Session Eight: Privacy Related Deception -- April 3, 2003

Session Nine: Legal Issues -- April 10, 2003

Session Ten: The Future -- April 24, 2003


Session One: Introduction -- January 23, 2003

United States Department of Justice Internet Fraud Pamphlet

Federal Trade Commission Speech on Internet Fraud -- May 2001

Securities and Exchange Commission Speech on Internet Fraud -- April 1999


Session Two: Internet Fraud Investigative Techniques -- January 30, 2003


Session Three: "Old Wine In New Bottles" -- February 13, 2003

FTC Guide On Email Scams

BBB Guide on Work-At-Home Schemes

Powerhomebiz.com Article Regarding Avoiding Business Opportunity Scams

FTC Guide on Dotcom Disclosures


Session Four: Auction Fraud -- February 27, 2003

FBI Report on Auction Fraud

FTC Consumer Guide -- "Internet Auctions: A Guide to Sellers and Buyers"

News.com article: "Fraud Lingers Despite eBay Efforts," June 2002

Kansascity.com article: "Raytown Man's eBay Account Hijacked, Bidders Bilked," January 2003

Cantonrep.com article: "Latest Online Auction Scam: Fraudulent Escrow Accounts," January 2003


Session Five: Financial Fraud -- March 6, 2003

The Standard -- "The Real Victims of Fraud," March 2000

United States Secret Service Financial Crimes Division

FTC Press Release -- "FTC Wins $37. 5 Million Judgment from X-Rated Web Site Operators," September 2000

SEC Consumer Guide -- "Internet Fraud: How to Avoid Internet Investment Scams," March 2001

New York Times Magazine -- "Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis -- and 15," February 2001


Session Six: "High-Tech" Internet Scams -- March 20, 2003

New York Times -- "How Webmasters Use Dirty Tricks to Ensnarl Surfers," October 1999

CNet -- "Judge Acts In 'Metatag' Case," September 1997

Wired -- "New Web Hazard: Page Jacking," September 1999

USA Today -- "'Mouse Trapping' Locks Web Users in a Virtual Maze," June 2001

ZD Net -- "FBI Unplugs McCain Copycat Site," February 2000

FTC Press Release -- "Cyberscam Targeted by FTC," October 2001

Wired -- "Hey, Babe Wanna Call . . . Chad?" April 2000


Session Seven: Spam -- March 27, 2003

CAUCE -- "The Problem"

Detroit Free Press -- "Spam King Lives Large Off Others E-Mail Troubles," November 22, 2002

FTC Publication -- "Email Address Harvesting: How Spammers Reap What You Sow," November 2002

Washington Post -- "Spam's Cost to Business Escalates," March 13, 2003

ZD Net -- "Who's Letting the Spam In," September 23, 2002

InfoWorld -- "Are Anti-Spam Measures Fair?" March 21, 2003

InternetNews.com -- "FTC To Widen Anti-Spam Efforts," May 22, 2002

CNet News -- "Standards Group Takes Aim At Spam," March 6, 2003


Session Eight: Privacy Related Deception -- April 3, 2003

FTC Chairman Timothy Muris -- "Protecting Consumers' Privacy: 2002 and Beyond," October 2001

Geek Girls -- "Of Adware, Spyware and Web Bugs"

New York Times -- "Aided By Internet, Identity Theft Soars," April 2000

FTC Consumer Guide -- "ID Theft: When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name," February 2001


Session Nine: Legal Issues -- April 10, 2003

FTC Report on Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Marketplace, September 2000


Session Ten: The Future of Internet Fraud -- April 24, 2003

Business Week, "No Hiding From a Cell Phone," June 2001

David Burke, "A Guide to Interactive TV"



Steven Wernikoff, JMLS Adjunct Faculty Last updated 7 April 2003