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Why spoofing is serious internet fraud

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Fake Web sites fool the unwary into divulging personal data, undermining all consumers' trust in e-commerce, no matter how trustworthy the authentic online business truly is.

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                          Communications of the ACM  Volume 49, Issue 10
                          October 2006
                          85 pages
                          ISSN:0001-0782
                          EISSN:1557-7317
                          DOI:10.1145/1164394
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