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Last week's column on sweepstakes fraud targeting the elderly generated a bevy of calls and e-mails. Everyone, it seems, has heard about _ or been a victim of _ some kind of telemarketing or Internet money scam.

By Claudia Buck, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Jul. 1--Last week's column on sweepstakes fraud targeting the elderly generated a bevy of calls and e-mails. Everyone, it seems, has heard about -- or been a victim of -- some kind of telemarketing or Internet money scam.

By Beth Hundsdorfer, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Apr. 12--EAST ST. LOUIS -- A suspicious librarian halted a heist by an identity thief, who wound up Friday pleading guilty to charges of possession of unauthorized devices, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Robert Soloway, crowned the "spam king" by federal prosecutors for having sent millions of unwanted e-mails around the globe, pleaded guilty Friday to felony mail fraud, fraud in connection with electronic mail and failing to file a tax return in 2005, the year he made at least $300,000 through his junk e-mail business.