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Internet Education Foundation Spam Tips
http://spam.getnetwise.org

Federal Trade Commission - "Break the Chain" Homepage
http://www.ftc.gov/chainmail

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Work on Spam
http://www.oecd.org/sti/spam

Alaska Attorney General
http://www.law.state.ak.us/consumer/index.html

Alaska State Troopers
http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ast/cib/Index.htm

Alberta Government Services
http://www3.gov.ab.ca/gs/services/consumer/

British Columbia Securities Commission
http://www.bcsc.bc.ca/news/default.asp

British Columbia Solicitor General
http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/consumers/indexa.htm

Canada's Competition Bureau
http://competition.ic.gc.ca

Canada's Electronic Commerce Branch
English: http://e-com.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inecic-ceac.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE /h_gv00170e.html
French: http://e-com.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inecic-ceac.nsf/vwGeneratedInterF /h_gv00170f.html

Idaho Attorney General
http://www2.state.id.us/ag/

Montana Department of Administration
http://www.state.mt.us/doa/consumerProtection/index.htm

Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority
http://www.npt.no/pt_internet/tjenester/internett/internett_og_sikkerhet_index.html

Oregon Department of Justice
http://www.doj.state.or.us/FinFraud/welcome3.htm

United Kingdom's Department of Trade and Industry
http://www.dti.gov.uk/industries/ecommunications/directive_on_privacy_electronic_
communications_200258ec.html#consult

Washington Attorney General
http://www.wa.gov/ago/consumer

Washington State Department of Financial Institutions
http://www.dfi.wa.gov/

Wyoming Attorney General
http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us/consumer.htm


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