The commission complaint alleges this campaign was used to promote an addictive and dangerous product to children and adolescents under the age of 18 and that this practice is illegal.

In short, (operators) lie to consumers, take their money, and turn them into lawbreakers.

Internet con artists are bad actors without borders.

In short, they sold dream vacations that turned out to be nightmares. Hundreds of unwary consumers got caught in the odious trip trap.

It's an amazing and diverse team. Fraud fighters from the U.K. to Uruguay, from Korea to Kansas, have collected and forwarded information to the FTC on more than 1,600 suspect sites.

It's an old trick dressed up in new electronic garb and a sort of cyberspace jargon.

This is very significant. It sets out that consumers are right to expect that companies they're dealing with will not misrepresent themselves.

Spam is a problem for practically everyone with a computer. It's annoying, it slows down the e-mail system and a lot of it is fraudulent.

These scams target very vulnerable people. They prey on people who are plagued by poor credit -- people who may be desperate to develop a clean credit history so they can get a loan, get a job or buy a car.

Federal agencies generate a wealth of useful consumer information. But consumers have to guess where the information is. With consumer.gov, the information will be in one place.