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To: Victor Lazlo who wrote (140493)	3/12/2002 10:06:55 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

>>Auction fraud is now the most prevalent computer- related crime, according to the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, a joint program of the F.B.I. and the National White Collar Crime Center. Last year the center referred 7,193 complaints of auction fraud involving a total loss of $5.4 million for investigation. Yet the center estimates that less than 10 percent of victims report their losses, in some cases because they are embarrassed and often because they do not know where to turn.<< nytimes.com