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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (3091)	6/26/1999 9:17:00 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) of 3795

FTC uses fake web pages to educate the public about scams. Good thing they didn't announce them via BuzzWahr, eh? ===paste=== The second front in the war against pyramids involves the creation of fake Web pages designed to lure potential investors. The FTC creates Web pages that look exactly like the typical pages used in pyramid marketing. Data on the pyramid is given and as viewers click through the site the selling becomes more intense until they reach the last page. When users get to the end of a chain of pages there is a warning from the FTC that participation in a pyramid scheme is illegal as well as a poor investment. "We have to get people while they are interested," he said. "This is the third fake Web page we have created." Two other Web sites, the Prosperity Page and a page devoted to college scholarship fraud, both received a high number of hits before they were retired. ===endpaste=== from ntgov.com another: acmi.canoe.ca ...Mezz - Gold in the Busang. How do I know? [ref. deleted] told me so!

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