State Attorneys General Crack Down on Internet Auction Scams0

• Technology
• July 20, 2023

Preface Operation endeavor Guard Targets Internet Transaction swindles In a cooperative trouble to combat the rising trouble of Internet transaction swindles, the Federal Trade Commission( FTC) and 29 state Attorneys General have launched” Operation endeavor Guard.” This crackdown aims to put an end to the deceptive practices that have bilked thousands of consumers out of their hard– earned plutocrat and wares. Coordinated by the FTC in confluence with the National Association of Attorneys General, this operation includes 57 felonious and civil law enforcement conduct, alongside a comprehensive consumer education crusade. The Rise of Internet Transaction Fraud FTC’s Consumer Sentinel Database Stats Transaction fraud has come the single largest order of Internet- related complaints recorded in the FTC’s Consumer Sentinel database. In 2002 alone, there were over