'Dear Sex Offender' E-Mail Sparks Call for Investigation
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By Tom Breen  An e-mail to state lawmakers that began "Dear Registered Sex Offender" has prompted calls for a probe into whether child pornographers are using crime fighting resources as marketing tools.  Sen.
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Blog: A Trojan packed e-mail is targeting businesses under the guise of a Better Business Bureau complaint.
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Hong Kong police said they were investigating an Internet service that posts bogus e-mails to unwitting recipients claiming to be from the police and other official organisations.
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Officials in two states proposed unusual plans Monday to tighten oversight of convicted sex offenders: Virginia's attorney general wants them to register their e-mail addresses and online IDs, and New York officials want them to take lie-detector tests.
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Many convicted sex offenders who had profiles on the popular MySpace website are on parole, and some may be sent back to prison for e-mailing minors. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says more than half of the 210 sex offenders from his state who used the social networking site are on parole. One was returned to state custody last week for using the Internet, a violation of a condition of his release.
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Police have named a man they want to speak to in connection with a spate of letter bombs sent through the post. He is unemployed Bedford man Justin McAuliffe, 32.
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Detectives investigating shooting of 11-year-old urge mystery caller to get in touch.
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Unwanted e-mails included sexual explict come-ons.
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Details of missing high risk sex offenders could be published on the internet to alert parents.
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Murder detectives appeal for people who employed workmen close to the victim's home to contact them.
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typically e-mailed as enticements to bogus sites that endanger users&#39; systems and expose their personal information -- is limited in scope
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Fraudulent citizen alert e-mail purports to be from the Justice Department.
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A summer-long effort targeting Internet crime has resulted in dozens of arrests and convictions on charges including use of "spam" e-mail to steal credit card numbers, computer hacking and online fraud, Justice Department officials said Thursday. -AP
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Blog: A U.S. Justice Department attorney says more criminal prosecutions of spammers are on the way, but will that warning deter would-be junk mailers?
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By BILLY PATERSON  CLAIMS that teen bullies are using an internet chat site to terrorise victims and identify targets are being probed by police.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 19--Anyone not stuck in a bunker the last few years knows the perniciousness of sexual predators who stalk the Internet for young victims. In some cases, like that of a 15-year-old Cary boy, the end of the story is violation by an adult.
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RICHMOND, Dec. 11 -- Virginia Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell (R) said Monday that he will push for legislation requiring sex offenders to register their e-mail addresses and instant messaging screen names so they can be blocked from using popular online networking sites.