E-fraud more than doubles.

Consumers filed 66.6% more complaints about online fraud in 2004 than in 2003 (207,449 vs. 124,509).

Source: The National White Collar Crime white collar crime n. a generic term for crimes involving commercial fraud, cheating consumers, swindles, insider trading on the stock market, embezzlement and other forms of dishonest business schemes. Center and the FBI, www.ifccfbi.gov See .gov and GovNet.

(networking) gov - The top-level domain for US government bodies. , 2005.

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