Cyber-Extortion Crimes

May 28, 2006 3:36 PM

"Spamming" and "phishing" are two Internet-related schemes that many web surfers are aware of, but as Mark Phillips reports, a new cyber-crime is on the rise: it's called cyber-extortion.

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