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New Scam Uses Internet to Deceive Victims
Saturday, February 28, 2004

"Identity thieves are using the Internet to trick people into handing over their credit card numbers, bank account information and private passwords. The scam tries to fool you by using the names of several big name companies like Citi-Bank, AOL and Best Buy. The requests are attached to an e-mail alerting you to some reason why your information is urgently needed. And the number of these types of scams are growing. "