Social Security Administration (fraud line): 1-800-269-0271
Who to contact about credit card Fraud
Internet Fraud Complaint Center (run by the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center)
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Bell Labs cryptologist sees digital signature flaw, fix
People For Internet Responsibility Statement on Electronic Signatures and Documents know about newly-enabled e-frauds!
The Esign effect Before the virtual ink of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (Esign) could dry, a slew of companies began bombarding corporate customers with new ways to use the much-hyped technology. And the fervor sparked by the law may leave many enterprises, start-ups, and digital exchanges wondering how, whether, and when to begin pulling digital signature use into corporate operations.
National Fraud Information Center
The Internet Fraud Complaint
Center 775-295-1818
The task force is charged with investigating and arresting those who use computer technology to commit
fraud, steal identities, invade private records, conduct industrial espionage, engage in information
warfare, traffic in child pornography. online investment schemes to auction fraud. The Nevada Cyber Crime
Task Force has a new home in its hunt for hackers and cyber criminals.Located in North Las Vegas near the
task force's old lab site that was housed in the Energy Department complex at 232 Energy Way includes
forensic laboratories, training and includes on-site evidence vaults, FBI Special Agent Alan Peters said.
The multi-agency task force got its first true base of operations in December 2001, after the group was
created by an act of the 1999 Legislature to investigate the growing number of computer-related crimes. The
FBI, the task force also includes Metro, North Las Vegas and Henderson Police, the Nevada Department of
Investigation, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Postal Service inspectors and the attorney general's
office. The task force uses special tools, such as Encase -- a computer program that unlocks deleted and
hidden files from computer hard drives -- to find clues cyber criminals have left behind, Peters said. The
task force also has a facility in Reno at the Washoe County sheriff's office to help combat the growing
numbers of cyber crimes. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI and the National
White Collar Crime Center, recorded 75,063 cyber crime complaints in 2002, including auction fraud, credit
card fraud, child pornography and computer intrusions among other offenses. The number of complaints rose
from 49,957 in 2001. Those wishing to report a cyber crime can contact the task force at 775-295-1818, or
can file a complaint with the Internet Fraud Complaint Center online (www.ifccfbi.gov).
When to make the cybersecurity call
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0331/web-cyber-04-02-03.asp
Government and industry will establish formal practices and guidelines for private sector organizations to
report cybersecurity incidents to government officials, according to Howard Schmidt, acting chairman of the
President's Cybersecurity Board. Many incidents, such as the compromise of the Internet root servers, go
unreported, since there exists no formal process for handling such incidents. The National Communications
System, formerly of the Defense Information Systems Agency, now at Homeland Security, already helps industry
report Internet infrastructure incidents.
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To Call From Canada or the United States, including Puerto Rico, use the toll free number,
1-800-876-7060.
To call from other countries, dial your international access code
+ 1-202-331-8590 Fraud.org