The FTC is Cracking Down on Web Sellers
that are not following the rules or federal law according to this PC World article. It's a phone-based scam that gets one to view a web page that results in a charge to one's phone bill. The scam is similar to the one tricking one into calling a 900 number or foreign area code that results in a phone bill charge. [Dana Baggett]
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