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MORE STORIES BY MSNBC'S BOB SULLIVAN

• Consumers caught in credit card scam
Auction winners unwittingly help in con

• Drug ring indicted in odd ID theft case
Life insurance polices taken out on addicts

• ID theft usually an inside job
Up to 70 percent start with employee heist

• Drug discount site a scam, FTC says
Agency sues, alleges PharmacyCards tried to steal $10 million

• Now, two-thirds of all e-mail is spam
And in the U.S., spam tops 80 percent mark

• Con artists seize on drug discount plan
Seniors warned about ID theft, fake cards

• Sasser arrest rare virus victory
First success of bounty program

• Would-be inventors lose money in scams
Some who promise patents take cash, vanish

• Con artists target phone system for deaf
Net relay services abused, operators say

• Even the law can't stop all sales calls
Some firms find ways around Do Not Call list

• New .mail domain designed to slow spam
Proposal offers relief from phishing scams, too

• Foreign fraud hits U.S. sites hard
Top offenders: Yugoslavia, Nigeria, Romania

• Broadband by 2007? Er...
Bush proposal thin on details and realism

• The meth connection to identity theft
Addiction plays part in crime rings, cops say

• ID theft victims face tough bank fights
Getting their money back isn't always easy

• How to protect your home network
Keeping unwanted visitors from snooping

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