Online merchants Naughty or Nice
Rising gas prices, a soft economy and pure convenience to attract a record number of Santa’s aid to online retailers this holiday season. According to the National Retail Federation in 2007 consumer intentions and actions survey, consumers do more than 30 percent of their holiday shopping online.As more people do their holiday shopping online, the risk of the Grinch steal Christmas and identities is at its highest level. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission has made more than 674000 victims of identity theft and fraud totalling an estimated 1.1 billion dollars in losses to Internet complaints accounted for nearly half.
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Corporate fraud under siege
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Texas A&M student dies from car accident
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Google logic? I am looking
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Jail-Mix-up strands man behind bars
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Fling doors to the public Records
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SEC supports shareholders in Enron Lawsuit
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