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03-09-2011, 10:34 PM
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While the number of consumer complaints to the FTC about online fraud remain small, the number of issues around spyware, malware and adware is skyrocketing. Consumer complaints about malware, spyware and adware skyrocketed in 2010 as users struggled ...
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Maryland is No. 2 in the country -- for fraud (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGPocrKoWnHEJbjWD6-kAw_CRkkjQ&url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/consuminginterests/blog/2011/03/maryland_is_no_2_in_the_countr.html)Baltimore Sun (blog)
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