OnlineFraud

When Juliette Kimoto took to the stage to accept her crown as Mrs. Nevada in 2006, she seemed an obvious fit for the coveted pageant title. What she declined to mention, however, was that she was also engaged in an online operation that would eventually rob tens of thousands of people of $30 million.

With close to 200 million Web sites on the Internet, how can you be sure you're dealing with ethical companies? Can you be sure that they aren't just simply phishing sites that exist only in the twisted mind of a criminal? One thing I look for is the sign of the Better Business Bureau's Online...

It seems like the whole world has gone phishing in the last couple of weeks. Twitter, Facebook – even my own e-mail inbox is full of this crap. Phishing attacks that insert viruses and other malware, steal account numbers and otherwise try to cause users financial harm are on the rise, says...