There is so much misinformation on the internet, it has taken on plague-like dimensions. ABCnews says, “It’s becoming more and more apparent that the internet is the biggest source of lies and bad information ever imagined.” Misinformation on the internet is found in answers to such trivia questions as “did Henny Penny or Chicken Little say ‘the sky is falling’” to deliberate telemarketing fraud. Telemarketing fraud has become so prevalent, the FBI opened a website www.fbi.gov/scams-safety/fraud. From here the FBI describes the earmarks of deliberate fraud and how the average consumer can avoid getting scammed.
