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FTC Gets Broader Authority to Pursue Foreign Spammers

Jim Puzzanghera writes in The Los Angeles Times:

It's the start of an Interpol for the Internet.

The Federal Trade Commission soon will go global in its hunt for spammers, phishers and other online scammers. President Bush signed a bill Friday that gives the commission broader authority to pursue e-crooks in other countries.

The FTC had pushed for more than three years for the new powers, which will help it shut down scammers such as the polite Nigerians who e-mail thousands of people a day with tales of woe and promises of riches to those kind enough to help.

posted by Fergie @ 12/26/2006 10:08:00 AM