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| Resource | FaceCrooks.com - The Internet scam resource for Facebook users. |
| Resource | Scamdex - Internet scam resource (since 2003) |
| Resource | Wombat Security's Anti-Phishing Game (2 free rounds) - How well can you do? |
| Resource | Play the Spam Scam Slam Game from OnGuardOnline.gov |
| Resource | Kids' Scams: The Good, the Bad and the In-Between - Three ways kids can get caught up in scams, and how to spot them from Scambusters.org
Teach Your Children To Recognize and Avoid Internet Scams |
| Resource | How to Spot Scams Targeting Kids |
| Resource | Slam the Online Scam - Raise your awareness! |
| Resource | Email Hoaxes and Internet Scams from Hoax-Slayer.com - Though not specifically targeting children/teens, many report receiving email scams, scaremail and other hoaxes. |
| Resource | Short URL Scams - Avoid the Traps, Report the Spammers |
| News | Children Are Being "Gamed" into Stealing Your Data; Also read Scammers, Hackers Attack Pre-School Children Online |
| News | GeekDad Discovers Malware Targeting His Child Surfers |
| News | 5 Facebook Scams You Should Protect Yourself From |
| News | Researcher Demos Clickjacking Attack on Facebook |
| News | 10 Most Dangerous Internet Search Terms [Full report in pdf form from McAfee] |
| News | Mac Trojan Targets Game Sites to Infect Users |
| News | Text Message Scams are Annoying and Costly |
| News | Popular Children's Web Site Under Attack by Identity Thieves |
| News | Game Sites Next Big Malware Target? |
| News | Spyware Firms Targeting Children - Though this story came out in 2005, our experience shows tells us it is still the case today. |
| Research | Ben Edelman, a leading authority on malware, shows how a child's doll site targeted children with adware |
| Research | Read Ben Edelman's 2010 research on Typo-squatting. Typo-squatting is the trick by scammers who create website domains that are typos of the real domains. Kids are more likely to misspell domain names than adults, such as 1075 typos for AddictingGames.com, the most popular kid's game site on the Internet, or 590 typo domains for ClubPenguin.com. |
| Article | October, 2008 Children Online Newsletter: Unscrupulous marketers target children through their game sites. Teaching Our Children to be "Advertising Savvy" [pdf] |
| Article | How to Stop 11 Hidden Security Threats |
| Article | Spyware Targets Children - from the Journal of Internet Security |
| Article | Your kids are being targeted by spyware and other Internet-based threats. What can you do to help them surf safely? |
| Article | Collection of articles about phone scams and how to deal with them |
| Article | Online Games and Fraud - Using games as bait. |
| Article | What's In A Name: The State of Typo-Squatting - Web site names are often used to deceive. Game sites had the highest incidence of cybersquatting. |
| Blog | How do you handle 'Scaremail'? from Yahoo Answers. |
| Blog | Collection of cell phone scam stories from visitors at JamsterScam.com |
