In a recent speech at the American Enterprise Institute, outgoingFederal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt echoed theconcerns of countless policymakers when he asked, "is it [theTelecommunications Act of 1996] working?"
In a recent speech at the American Enterprise Institute, outgoingFederal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt echoed theconcerns of countless policymakers when he asked, "is it [theTelecommunications Act of 1996] working?"
they are just too embarrassed. they do not want to let their families know. these scammers realize this and they use that very fair against them. but the connecticut woman who lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars in an internet scam was not only brave enough to tell police, now she s helping dateline as we try to turn the tables on her scammer. we have met face to face with the so-called diplomat. jeffrey grant who is supposed to be delivering the $15 million inheritance. to our surprise the meeting is happening right here in the u.s. in a hotel room we rented in greenville, south carolina. it seems as though mr. grant is part of a ring of internet thieves operating right here in america. but after a few minutes, he told us he had to leave to pick up forms and of course the huge pile of cash they have been promising shireen for so long. one hour and i will be back.
and dateline has not given up ether. we have taken over shireen s e-mail and are trying to lure the thieves into a face to face meeting. so we write back that she s found a new friend with lots of money. the barrister takes the bait again agreeing to a face to face money. but where will this meeting be? over the years we have tracked the internet thieves all over the world. to africa, london, amsterdam and switzerland. here is what i suspect. i suspect that you are part of a scam. authorities say most internet crimes are based overseas and they are on the rise. did you or did you not lie to me? i lied to you. at the government internet
wendy, the thief. from now on, when the internet thieves think they re talking to jeff ball, they re really talking to us. hey, how are you? reporter: and as you ll find out, the trail is going to lead us far from penn yan, new york, across the atlantic, as we go on the hunt for wendy and her gang of international identity thieves. how s everything? not bad. at bayer, we ve been relieving pain for over 100 years. and today, we re re-inventing aspirin for pain relief. with new extra-strength bayer advanced aspirin. it has microparticles so it enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief right to the site of your tough pain. in fact, it s clinically proven to relieve pain twice as fast. new bayer advanced aspirin. extra strength pain relief twice as fast. [ male announcer ] test our fast relief. love it or get your money back.