Fraud and Allegedly Unethical Firms at Google
Fraud at Yahoo
National Fraud Information Center (fraud.org) (Internet and Telemarketing)
scam.com
Consumer Reports
complaints.com/
Organizations:
Federal Trade Comission (FTC)
Better Business Bureau (BBB)

Stop Personal Marketing (Telemarketing, Junk Mail, Spam) Andy Rooney's Tips for Handling Telemarketers JunkBusters Do Not Call Registry

Telemarketing: FTC DoNotCall Registry donotcall.gov (Also: www.ftc.gov/donotcall) New June 29, 2003

It takes effect 3 months after you register. You must re-register every 5 years.
Companies with which you have an existing business relationship may call you for up to 18 mos. after your last transaction with them unless you ask the company not to call again.
The following are exempt: Political organizations, charities, telephone surveyors, long-distance phone companies, airlines, banks and credit unions; and the business of insurance, to the extent that it is regulated by state law.
Junk Mail
Write Letter to the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) specifing you don't
want unsolicited commercial mail and they will notify their members.
You must re-register after five years:
Mail Preference Service,
Direct Marketing Association,
PO Box 643, Carmel NY 10512-0643

Help at JunkBusters

Spam (Junk Email) Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE) JUNKBUSTERS Guide to Staying Off Junk Email Lists Fight Spam on the Internet at spam.abuse.net

Pop-up Ads How to stop pop up advertising at Technoerotica.net Software: PopUp Killer

Fraud On-line fraud, hoxes, ... Virus and Computer Security Suspect/Counterfeit Defective Items at the Environment, Safety and Health division of the DOE


last updated 19 July 2005