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Date Posted: 04:18:58 12/28/03 Sun
Author: Scammer
Subject: Beware: spoofs

DENVER - The FBI says it continues to get complaints about fraudulent e-mail
and Web sites trying to trick Internet users in to handing over their
personal information.

Citibank and Yahoo! are among many companies who have had impersonators send
e-mail, trying to obtain things like debit card numbers, passwords and
Social Security numbers.

To the untrained eye, the sites use graphics and Web addresses that make
them look like they could be legitimate sites.

Citibank has put a link up on its home page warning people of some of the
fraudulent requests. If you go to Citibank's home page, you can find the
link "about e-mail fraud" near the bottom of the page.

The FBI and National White Collar Crime Center have also set up a Web site
where you can report suspected cases of Internet fraud at www.ifccfbi.gov.
It's called the Internet Fraud Complaint Center.

The FBI says if you get a request asking for personal information by e-mail
to erase it and call the company directly, or go to the company's Web site
to try and verify if there is a legitimate need for that information.

The FBI also says if you send information over the Internet, be sure to do
it from a secure site. You can do that by checking the address at the top of
the page to see that the address starts with "HTTPS" and not just "HTTP."
Also, a security lock graphic should appear in the bottom corner of your
browser.

Internet fraud and identity theft are two of the nation's fastest-growing
crimes and experts say both are hitting Colorado particularly hard.

FBI numbers show Colorado ranks fourth in the nation in complaints for
Internet fraud and 11th in identity theft.

Authorities say they fear the numbers are even higher than their research
shows, because many people don't report them.

When someone's identity is stolen, it takes about $500 and 30 hours to fix
the damage.

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