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News track Robert Fox News Track THE SUN ™S 11-YEAR ITCH SHOW ME THE MONEY NET FRAUD TOPS SCAM LIST In its second annual list of the top-10 scams, the North American Securities Administrators Association lists Internet fraud in the top slot. Among the other scams: Expensive fraudulent seminars, Telemarketing fraud, Affinity Group fraud œMillions of new investors, many of whom expect unrealistically high returns, are looking for places to put their money. At the same time, we ™re living through an Internet-driven technology revolution that is a boon to investors and con artists alike.  ”Peter Hildreth, president of NASAA ust as computers around the world are coping with the Y2K bug, the sun will enter the most violent and disruptive phase of its 11year cycle, say astronomers, causing disruptions in satellite transmissions and triggering blackouts. According to reports at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, researchers are forecasting the sun ™s cycle to peak January to April, 2000, setting off solar explosions as big as a million 100-megaton hydrogen bombs. Massive bursts of energy can cause power outages and generate phantom commands capable of sending satellites spinning out of proper orbit. The good news is that unlike http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Communications of the ACM Association for Computing Machinery

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Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by ACM Inc.
ISSN
0001-0782
DOI
10.1145/310930.310937
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Abstract

Robert Fox News Track THE SUN ™S 11-YEAR ITCH SHOW ME THE MONEY NET FRAUD TOPS SCAM LIST In its second annual list of the top-10 scams, the North American Securities Administrators Association lists Internet fraud in the top slot. Among the other scams: Expensive fraudulent seminars, Telemarketing fraud, Affinity Group fraud œMillions of new investors, many of whom expect unrealistically high returns, are looking for places to put their money. At the same time, we ™re living through an Internet-driven technology revolution that is a boon to investors and con artists alike.  ”Peter Hildreth, president of NASAA ust as computers around the world are coping with the Y2K bug, the sun will enter the most violent and disruptive phase of its 11year cycle, say astronomers, causing disruptions in satellite transmissions and triggering blackouts. According to reports at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, researchers are forecasting the sun ™s cycle to peak January to April, 2000, setting off solar explosions as big as a million 100-megaton hydrogen bombs. Massive bursts of energy can cause power outages and generate phantom commands capable of sending satellites spinning out of proper orbit. The good news is that unlike

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Communications of the ACMAssociation for Computing Machinery

Published: Aug 1, 1999

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