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International Internet Sweep
Day
The ICPEN conducts sweep days to target the growing
number of fraudulent and deceptive scams emerging on the
Internet. Past sweep days have been coordinated by the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, and
involved wide participation by Network members.
The participants of a Sweep Day surf the Internet to
identify potentially deceptive or fraudulent sites.
Next, the sites identified as potentially harmful to
consumers are sent e-mail messages warning them that
consumer protection legislation applies not only to
traditional media, but also to the Internet, e.g. that
deceptive advertising is illegal also on the Internet.
Sweep days enable law enforcement to use the Internet to
help ensure that unscrupulous marketers not destroy the
credibility and viability of this important medium.
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Fraud Prevention Month (FPM)
is an initiative consisting in ICPEN members’ undertaking each
year in the course of a month a set of information and
educational projects aimed at raising consumer awareness,
usually in one or more specific fields (e-shopping, lottery
scams, identity theft, etc.)
Best Practices Training
is currently coordinated by the Netherlands. The WG organises
regular Best Practices Trainings for the investigators from
the enforcement agencies participating in ICPEN. These training
sessions’ objectives are: to exchange information, share
useful experiences and strengthen mutual cooperation.
Sweep Day 2008: "The Message: True or False"
The 2008 sweep took place from September 22 to 26, 2008.
The results will be posted soon.
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