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MouseTrapping and PageJacking ... Getting you Coming and Going

Beware:

Mousetrapping and pagejacking are two new terms referring to recent techniques used by unscrupulous operators on the Internet. Scammers are doing this to exaggerate the number of intended visitors to their website in order to attract and deceive advertisers who buy space on these sites. Pagejacking occurs while using a search engine. Unsuspecting consumers are diverted from their intended legitimate website to another website containing adult material. Once you have arrived at the offending site there is no escape. This is known as mousetrapping. Each click of the browser's back, forward or even close buttons will only redirect you to another pornographic page, creating an endless loop. The simplest solution if you get caught by mousetrapping is to disable javascript.

Be Wise:

Consider buying Internet filtering software which will filter offending material.

Talk to your children about the Internet and the possibilities of something like this happening. Be sure to inform them about what to do if they ever accidently get trapped on one of these sites.

For more information on Internet scams and/or fraudulent activity please contact the following organizations:

Internet Fraud Watch: 1-800-876-7060
Winnipeg Police Department: (204) 986-6222
Industry Canada Competition Bureau: 1-800-348-5358
Consumers' Association of Canada (Manitoba)
In Winnipeg: (204) 452-2572
Toll-free in Manitoba: 1-888-596-0900

*CAC Manitoba compiles information about scams from various sources, agencies, and publications that are available in our InfoCentre. The issue of ScamWatch was written with the help of information from the National Fraud Information Center website www.fraud.org and the RCMP's website www.rcmp- grc.gc.ca/html/scams/htm.