Where can you go for help?

• The publication Analyzing Internet Information (PM-1789b)
• Iowans can contact the Iowa Attorney General’s Office at (515) 281-5926.
• Federal Trade Commission at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/ menu-internet.htm
• National Fraud Information Center at http://www.fraud.org/
• Call for Action, Inc. at http://www.callforaction.org/
• Consumer Information Center at http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
• Direct Marketing Association at http://www.the-dma.org/ channels/consumers.shtml Beware of stock fraud
Scam artists are using e-mail to manipulate stock prices. In one approach, individuals promote the stock via e-mail and then sell after the price has risen. In another approach, individuals distribute false information to depress the price and sell the stock short. To report possible fraud, e-mail the Securities and Exchange Commission at enforcement@sec.gov.