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August, 2003

The Competition Bureau released today its draft Guidelines on the Deceptive Notice of Winning a Prize Provision

Competition Bureau Endorses Jewellery Industry Guidelines

June, 2003

Bringing Down the Barriers to Effective Enforcement on Cross-Border Health Fraud

Consultations on Proposed Changes to the Competition Act

May, 2002

'Top Ten Inquires and Complaints for April 2002' - Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario)

'State Police Warn of Loan Scam' - Criminal Intelligence Unit, Michigan State Police (East Lansing, MI)

July, 2002

'Top Ten Inquires and Complaints for June 2002' - Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario)

'Canadian Con Game: The Truth About Advance Fee Loans' - CBS 2 Special Reports (New York, NY)

'Top Ten Inquires and Complaints for May 2002' - Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario)

May, 2002

'Top Ten Inquires and Complaints for April 2002' - Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario)

'State Police Warn of Loan Scam' - Criminal Intelligence Unit, Michigan State Police (East Lansing, MI)

April, 2002

'Top Ten Inquires and Complaints for March 2002' - Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario)

'Stamping out e-mail spam a tough job' - The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario)

March, 2002

'Canadian Loan Scam ' - NBC 6 South Florida (Miami, FL)

December, 2001

'Don't Let Lure of "Easy Guaranteed" Loan Ruin Your Holiday and New Year' - the Canadian Council and Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario, and Arlington, Virginia)

September, 2001

'Canada urged to get tough on identity theft' - CTV (Canadian Television)

July, 2001

'BBBs Issue International Alert: Cross-Border Sweepstakes Fraud is Surging' - the Canadian Council and the Council of Better Business Bureaus (Ottawa, Ontario, and Arlington, Virginia)

'Business Bureau takes aim at Internet scams' - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Ontario)

January, 2001

'Free Internet' - CTV (Canadian Television) (Toronto, Ontario)

'E-Commerce Better But for Scams' - Wired News

December, 2000

'Better Business Bureau warns of more Playstation sites' - CBC (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) (Toronto, Ontario)

November, 2000

'Alert: Canadian-Based Loan Scams Are Blanketing The U.S.' - ccbbb.ca

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