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State sets up fake websites to warn people about -- fake websites

By Alli Knothe

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  May 16, 2012

The state of Massachusetts is trying a novel tactic to protect consumers from online scam websites -- setting up its own phony websites, which will link unsuspecting consumers to informational websites that will tell them how they narrowly escaped being cheated. “You need to find a way to reach people where the scam artists are reaching them,” said Barbara Anthony, undersecretary of the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.

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