Media : Spam news October 26 - November 1, 1998
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Blitz on Internet stock fraud - BBC 10/28/98
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/your_money/newsid_203000/203330.stm>
SEC cracks down on Net stock fraud 44 individuals accused of deceiving
investors online - CBS 10/28/98
<http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/19981028/news/current/sec.htx?source=htx
/htt p2_mw>
Spam 101 : Theory from the Ivory Tower - Click Network 10/28/98
<http://www.searchz.com/clickz/102798.shtml>
SEC charges bad 'Net tippers - CNN 10/28/98
<http://www.cnnfn.com/digitaljam/9810/28/netfraud/>
Spammers Target Boston Globe Site - Editor & Publisher News Page 10/28/98
<http://www.mediainfo.com/ephome/news/newshtm/stories/102898n2.htm>
Readers Say - Forbes 10/28/98
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/98/1005/6207024a.htm>
New book fires up the war on Net spammers - Reuters 10/28/98
<http://www.stlnet.com/postnet/news/pdtoday.nsf/Business/60f41b62f2deb726862
566a b0009d638?OpenDocument>
SEC Launch Mass Internet Fraud Crackdown - Reuters 10/28/98
<http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/102898/fraud.sml>
SEC Charges 44 Stock Promoters in First Internet Securities Fraud Sweep -
SEC Press Release 10/28/98
<http://www.sec.gov/news/netfraud.htm>
SEC Charges Net Stock Promoters With Fraud - TechWeb 10/28/98
<http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19981028S0014>
The SEC Charges 44 with Net Fraud - ZDNet 10/28/98
<http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_smgraph_display/0,4436,2156399,00.htm>
Lawsuit filed under Washington state spam law - CNN 10/26/98
<http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/26/spamsuit.idg/>
Pa. Attorney General Pursues Alleged Spammer Scammer - Fox News 10/26/98
<http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/102698/spam.sml>
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