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Released: November 29, 2011
Crack down on Cyber Monday scams
Source: Ylan Mui, Washington Post (Free Registration)
Cyber Monday wasn’t just about sales.
On one of the busiest online shopping days of the year, the Justice Department announced that it shut down 150 Web sites selling counterfeit goods ranging from sports jerseys to handbags to the popular P90X exercise program. The operation was part of a campaign launched last year that has targeted more than 350 sites visited by millions of consumers.
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