EBay scammer jailed

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Teen eBay scammer jailed for nearly
three years

Teen eBay scammer jailed for nearly
three years 06/17/2004 10:13 AM

Porn Dialler Scammer Jailed

Porn Dialler Scammer Jailed 04/12/2005 10:08 AM
An Italian convicted of running a porn dialler scam has been locked up on charges of fraud and virus distribution. The 39-year-old, who hasn't been named, was also fined €3000 by a court in Milan. He had admitted being behind a scam targeted Windows users.

It tried to trick users into running a virus (Voltan) which would change their dial-up connection number to a premium rate one. It worked by directing visitors to a site where they could download a screensaver containing the virus. The premium-rate number used is based in Aruba.

More than 57,000 minutes of calls were logged by investigators over three days - which would have seen our crook benefit to the tune of €104,000. But the scam was uncovered when he returned to Italy after visiting Venezuela to try to negotiate extra telephone lines.

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Italian smut virus scammer jailed for 14
months

Italian smut virus scammer jailed for 14
months 04/12/2005 10:44 AM
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eBay scammer gets stung

eBay scammer gets stung 05/24/2004 06:17 AM
Powerbook fiddle ends in humiliation

Other News: eBay Scammer Payback

Other News: eBay Scammer Payback 05/15/2004 11:21 AM
Here's a fun story of eBay members turning the tables on a scammer.

eBay Art Scammer Sentenced To Four Years
In Prison

eBay Art Scammer Sentenced To Four Years
In Prison 05/27/2004 12:11 PM
Not only is eBay a PR platform if you want to sell unusual items, but it's also quite the scam platform, for those trying to sell bogus items. Years ago, we wrote about the hype surrounding a painting that was being sold on eBay. As the price shot up, rumors began spreading that the painting was by Diebenkorn. Of course, it quickly came out that it was all a big scam, and the guy behind it had some friends register a bunch of fake names to bid up the price of the painting and then spread rumors about its origin. Now, that scammer has been sentenced to four years in prison - which seems a bit extreme for lying about a painting on eBay. Still, it also raises questions about how people value art. Shouldn't people value art for the work itself, and not who actually created it?

Sal Wise, Philly eBay Scammer Strikes
Back!

Sal Wise, Philly eBay Scammer Strikes
Back! 07/28/2004 11:24 PM

RE: eBay Account Phishing with eBay
Redirect - Ebay fixed this + related XSS
hole

RE: eBay Account Phishing with eBay
Redirect - Ebay fixed this + related XSS
hole 03/31/2005 07:14 PM
Rager, Anton (Anton) (Mar 31 2005)

CFO, scammer?

CFO, scammer? 06/17/2004 06:34 AM
USA Today Jun 17 2004 10:53AM GMT

Tracking Down A 419 Scammer

Tracking Down A 419 Scammer 11/06/2003 06:12 PM
There are a ton of folks who, when bored, have decided to mess with 419 Nigerian email scammers. They respond to one of the spams at random, and then either write up an article or an amusing webpage about the experience. That was interesting the first few times, but recently it's had a "been there, done that" feel to it. Now, a woman in Connecticut has gone one step further. Instead of just emailing with one of these scammers, she helped to get one arrested. Good for her. Maybe others will start doing the same thing, and it will help cut down on all those 419 scams. Of course, there are some risks involved, since Nigerian scammers are criminals and have been known to harm or even kill people. So, while it may sound like fun, it's probably not worth doing in all cases.

"I fought the scammer... and I won"

"I fought the scammer... and I won" 04/09/2004 09:09 PM

Scamming the Scammer

Scamming the Scammer 05/15/2004 02:52 AM
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P-P-P-Powerbook for a S-S-S-Scammer...

P-P-P-Powerbook for a S-S-S-Scammer... 05/16/2004 10:41 AM

419 Scammer Gets Scammed

419 Scammer Gets Scammed 07/13/2004 01:48 PM

P-P-P-Powerbook for a S-S-S-Scammer

P-P-P-Powerbook for a S-S-S-Scammer 05/16/2004 12:00 PM
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More DS Mock-Ups and the Worst Scammer
Ever

More DS Mock-Ups and the Worst Scammer
Ever 04/09/2004 03:55 PM
JOEL JOHNSON -- More DS mockups: That would be very hard to hold. [Thanks, Ali!] This one came from Joe Balardi (as well as a few others). Joe Balardi is the worst scammer ever. Gizmodo has a bounty out for the first Nintendo DS pics, right? We get lots of...

Aus email scammer 'made A$5m'

Aus email scammer 'made A$5m' 10/31/2003 06:05 AM
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419 Scammer Charges Dropped

419 Scammer Charges Dropped 11/12/2003 03:18 PM
Last week we had the story of how a woman who received a 419 Nigerian scam email played along to try to track down the scammers. When someone was sent to her to pick up the money, he was arrested. As was pointed out at the time, it sounds as though this guy was just a courier and not the actual scammer - but, in theory should be able to help authorities find the real scammers. Instead, though, they've released him without any charges being filed - and without an explanation. The woman who set up the sting is furious and claims this is why such scams continue. Of course, if the guy really is just the courier there probably isn't too much they can charge him with. Even if they did charge him with some small crime for helping out, it wouldn't do much to stop the scam anyway. Perhaps, in releasing him, they're going to use him to get more information about the real scammers.

Porn Scammer Gets 11 Years In Jail

Porn Scammer Gets 11 Years In Jail 05/11/2004 12:17 PM
A scammer who signed up nearly a million credit card owners for his $20/month internet porn site (despite many of them never visiting or even knowing about the site) has been sentenced to 11 years in jail. The police are still trying to track down what happened to the nearly $40 million he got out of the scam in order to give it back to the victims (many of who will only get a portion of what they lost back). The article, though, indicates that he got the credit card info from a bank who sold him their database of credit card transactions for all of their merchant accounts for $5,000. Obviously the guy deserves to go to jail, but I want to know what happened to the bank (and its employees) that coughed up all these credit card details for the scammer.

CORRECTED-The scammer who got scammed
(Reuters)

CORRECTED-The scammer who got scammed
(Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - Please read in fifth paragraph..."pleaded not guilty"...instead of "pleaded guilty"

"Fake spy" scammer goes on trial
(Reuters)

"Fake spy" scammer goes on trial
(Reuters) 01/16/2004 01:05 PM
Reuters - A barman accused of posing as a superspy to swindle more than $1 million (540,000 pounds) from six victims in an elaborate decade-long con game has gone on trial, charged with kidnapping, beatings, threats, deception and theft.

E-Mail Scammer Gets Four Years
(washingtonpost.com)

E-Mail Scammer Gets Four Years
(washingtonpost.com) 05/18/2004 07:33 PM
washingtonpost.com - An Internet scammer who used e-mail and a fraudulent Web site to steal hundreds of credit card numbers was sentenced to almost four years in jail Tuesday, one of the stiffest-ever penalties handed down for online fraud.

Alleged U.K. bank scammer still at large

Alleged U.K. bank scammer still at large 06/24/2005 09:20 PM
Karan Bahree, who allegedly sold information on U.K. bank accounts he had obtained from call center contacts, remained at large a day after a news story appeared about him in the London tabloid The Sun.

UK iPod e-mail scammer arrested

UK iPod e-mail scammer arrested 12/08/2003 11:41 AM
Macworld UK report s that a 21-year old man from Cambridge, England has been arrested in connection with a mass-emailing that led people to believe they were being billed for an iPod.

Alleged UK bank scammer still at large

Alleged UK bank scammer still at large 06/24/2005 06:55 PM

BANGALORE, INDIA - Karan Bahree, who allegedly sold information on U.K. bank accounts to a reporter from The Sun, remained at large a day after a news story appeared about him in the London tabloid.

The Sun reported Thursday that Bahree sold a reporter operating undercover information on 1,000 bank accounts. Bahree reportedly obtained the data from contacts at call centers in Delhi, where the information was sold. The Sun in its online edition, however, gave the name of the seller as Kkaran Bahree.

Police in Delhi say that they cannot make an arrest unless there is a formal complaint from either the call-center companies in India from where the information was allegedly stolen or from the affected banks or customers in the U.K. "As soon as we get a complaint, we will arrest him," said a police official on condition of anonymity. Police are conducting their own investigations, he added.

"From what I understand there has been no complaint registered with the police here, probably because investigations are still going on in the U.K.," said Kiran Karnik, president of the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). " Until they have a complaint, the enforcement agencies haven't much to go by at this point."

NASSCOM announced Thursday that it would cooperate with law enforcement agencies in India and the U.K. to ensure that those responsible for any criminal breaches are promptly prosecuted and face the maximum penalty.

However, Bahree denied the allegations in an interview Thursday to BBC World Service radio, and said that he had given a CD to the undercover reporter at the request of another person, without knowing its contents.

Infinity eSearch, a Web services company in Gurgaon, near Delhi, where Bahree is employed, has distanced itself from its employee. Infinity does not have bank clients in the U.K., and does not handle financial information for its clients, Rahul Dutt, managing director of the company, told reporters Friday in Delhi.

Bahree has been with the company for three months and is still on probation, said Dutt, adding that Bahree had been asked to give an explanation about his alleged role in the scam by 5:30 p.m. Friday local time. Bahree, who was not in the office Friday, sent a written explanation before the deadline claiming, according to Infinity officials, that he gave The Sun reporter a CD at the insistence of a friend without knowing that it held classified contents.

Bahree was employed as a call-center worker by Daksh eServices Pvt. Ltd., a business process outsourcing company in Gurgaon from 2001 to January last year, before the company was acquired by IBM. He quit under normal circumstances, according to informed sources, who added that at the time he left Daksh the company was not offering financial services.

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Habitual Scammer Auctioning Off Dinner
Date

Habitual Scammer Auctioning Off Dinner
Date 12/03/2003 11:06 AM
A woman who apparently has left a long line of scams and crimes (including driving over her mother) in her wake, and who is wanted in many places, is apparently trying to auction off a dinner date on eBay at a "mystery location", where she claims she'd tell the stories of her various scams and crimes. eBay has taken the auction down, but not because of the nature of the auction, but because the woman also was trying to sell her own book separately within the same auction - and eBay frowns on you trying to offer two separate deals in a single auction. Of course, police say most of the "stories" you might hear from this woman are made up. You also have to wonder if the woman would ever actually show up. Among her many, many scams, she's been accused of selling stuff on eBay and not delivering the goods.

Internet scammer, using best-selling
fraud, gets 33 months

Internet scammer, using best-selling
fraud, gets 33 months 06/01/2004 05:19 PM
AP via Newsday Jun 1 2004 9:41PM GMT

Teen Scammer Finally Tossed In Jail

Teen Scammer Finally Tossed In Jail 06/14/2004 09:21 PM
Back in 2002, the SEC charged a teenager who had scammed people out of approximately a million dollars by promising them that he would return 2,500% on their investment at an online casino. Honestly, the most impressive part is that people believed him enough to give him that much money. The kid is obviously persuasive. So persuasive, in fact, that the SEC let him off with a slap on the wrist after he returned the money and promised to stay on the right side of the law. That didn't last long. Two years later he was caught trying to con a bank out of half a million dollars in a similar scam. He, once again, promised huge returns by betting the money wisely in an online casino. Now, he's dropped down to a more modest scam, but will finally be spending some time in jail for sellin g stuff on eBay and never sending out the products he sold. For this, he's getting nearly three years in jail.

Police Charity Scammer Gets Prison Time

Police Charity Scammer Gets Prison Time 12/16/2003 11:11 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 16 2003 10:31PM ET

Scammer nets 4 year sentence for
phishing

Scammer nets 4 year sentence for
phishing 05/19/2004 04:17 PM
Phishing scammer sentenced to 4 years in jail. While the DOJ says this sentence sends a strong message to others, phishing scams continue to proliferate.

Mobile Phone Jammer Scammer Getting Back
In Business

Mobile Phone Jammer Scammer Getting Back
In Business 09/21/2004 12:29 PM
About a year ago, we wrote about a guy who was selli ng mobile phone jammers to hotels in Scotland -- where such devices weren't exactly legal. The guy had fine print on his website saying that the devices may not be legal, but failed to indicate that most of his customers were pretty obviously breaking the law. Well, now he's back. He's getting ready to launch a new website selling the devices again, but insists that this time he'll only sell them into countries where they're legal such as France. However, he still insists he's completely innocent of any criminal behavior, noting that selling the devices is perfectly legal. It's just using them that's illegal.

As Was to Offer "Makeover Package" for
eBay Sellers at 2004 eBay Live -
Community Conference

As Was to Offer "Makeover Package" for
eBay Sellers at 2004 eBay Live -
Community Conference 06/14/2004 02:05 AM
Package of consulting services can start, market, and improve eBay businesses [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

Move Over eBay: MyXstuff.com is a Free
eBay Alternative.

Move Over eBay: MyXstuff.com is a Free
eBay Alternative. 06/20/2004 03:39 AM
MyXstuff.com is a place to display items for trade or give away. MyXstuff.com provides a radical new way for networking by allowing knowledge as trade collateral. The trade transaction/method and trade collateral is up to the members or visitors and correspondence is tracked in the user space as the trade offers. MyXstuff.com is in Beta phase and ready for public release. It is a woman owned website based in Boulder, CO. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2004]

Town Sold On eBay Finally Sold For
Real... But Not On eBay

Town Sold On eBay Finally Sold For
Real... But Not On eBay 05/21/2004 02:35 AM
Back in 2002 there was a tremendous amount of hype when Bridgeville, the small (mostly deserted) California town was put up for sale on eBay. It eventually sold in an auction for $1.8 million - and got a tremendous amount of press attention. The only problem: the $1.8 million bid was a hoax. A whole year went by and the owners of the "town" sheepishly admitted that the buyer (and his money) never showed up. Now, however, the town has been sold again - but not on eBay, and back down at its original asking price of $700,000. Even with the failure of the actual sale to go through, though, people still remember that you can "sell a town on eBay," contributing to the use of eBay as a PR platform beyond just its ability to match buyers and sellers.

jailed 1.0.0

jailed 1.0.0 04/30/2004 09:09 AM
A tool for implementing a nonprivileged jailroot.

Man jailed under Internet sex law

Man jailed under Internet sex law 02/12/2004 10:16 PM
ABC Online Feb 13 2004 2:34AM GMT

Spammer jailed

Spammer jailed 06/24/2004 01:04 PM
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Man jailed for prostituting boy

Man jailed for prostituting boy 09/17/2004 01:08 AM
A court hears how a 14-year-old boy was groomed for sex and sold into prostitution.

Jailed Man Gets More Time for Sandwiches
(AP)

Jailed Man Gets More Time for Sandwiches
(AP) 01/05/2005 11:09 AM
AP - A man serving a life sentence for murder was sentenced to three additional years in prison for passing out cheese sandwiches while in jail.
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Motorola Looks for More Buzz Per Buck

Motorola Looks for More Buzz Per Buck 07/13/2004 08:45 PM
Technology Marketing Jul 14 2004 0:05AM GMT

Motorola centre gets buzz out of phone
designs

Motorola centre gets buzz out of phone
designs 07/23/2004 09:20 PM
Straits Times Jul 24 2004 1:34AM GMT

The Cable Buzz: Comcast, Motorola
Enhance Relationship

The Cable Buzz: Comcast, Motorola
Enhance Relationship 03/14/2005 06:26 PM
CableRetailer.com Mar 14 2005 10:38AM GMT

Motorola shuffles IT structure as it
looks to 2005

Motorola shuffles IT structure as it
looks to 2005 12/22/2004 01:27 AM
Computerworld Dec 20 2004 11:23PM GMT

New Motorola Smartphone With Keyboard
Due Out Summer 2005

New Motorola Smartphone With Keyboard
Due Out Summer 2005 02/05/2005 09:10 PM
Smartphone Thoughts Feb 2 2005 4:08PM GMT

CES 2005: Motorola OJO Stylish Video
Phone

CES 2005: Motorola OJO Stylish Video
Phone 01/06/2005 11:44 AM
I4U Jan 6 2005 2:47PM GMT

Siemens, Motorola Seen as Handset Losers
in 2005

Siemens, Motorola Seen as Handset Losers
in 2005 12/19/2004 03:12 PM
Reuters Dec 16 2004 4:10PM GMT

Motorola targets 20% of Philippine
market in 2005

Motorola targets 20% of Philippine
market in 2005 12/19/2004 03:12 PM
INQ7.net Dec 15 2004 11:48PM GMT

Motorola Confirms lack of iTunes phone
at CeBIT 2005

Motorola Confirms lack of iTunes phone
at CeBIT 2005 03/14/2005 06:27 PM
Pocket-lint.co.uk Mar 12 2005 9:16AM GMT

DoCoMo eyes Motorola 3G phone sales in
2005-source

DoCoMo eyes Motorola 3G phone sales in
2005-source 08/22/2004 11:18 PM
Forbes Aug 23 2004 3:23AM GMT

Motorola Introduces Motorola V557,
Motorola V360 and Motorola V176

Motorola Introduces Motorola V557,
Motorola V360 and Motorola V176 03/14/2005 06:27 PM
SlashPhone Mar 11 2005 12:23PM GMT

Motorola Executive Ron Garriques to
Present Keynote Address at the 2005
International CES; Note: Updated Keyno

Motorola Executive Ron Garriques to
Present Keynote Address at the 2005
International CES; Note: Updated Keyno 01/05/2005 10:27 PM
Investors Business Daily Jan 6 2005 2:24AM GMT

AIG: What's the Buzz?

AIG: What's the Buzz? 04/07/2005 06:02 PM
Things keep coming up out of the woodwork at AIG. Bill Mann doubts they're fatal.

What's the Buzz?

What's the Buzz? 05/24/2004 06:27 AM

"buzz (6)"

"buzz (6)" 06/25/2004 08:55 AM

"buzz (18)"

"buzz (18)" 06/25/2004 08:56 AM

"buzz (11)"

"buzz (11)" 06/25/2004 08:55 AM

"buzz (10)"

"buzz (10)" 06/25/2004 08:55 AM

The serious buzz in Athens

The serious buzz in Athens 08/27/2004 05:36 PM
American sprinters are booed. Greek runner Fania Halkia comes out of nowhere to win the 400-meter hurdles. Don't look now -- but doping scandals are beginning to color the Games.

Too much buzz for iPod

Too much buzz for iPod 04/14/2004 07:56 AM
USA Today Apr 14 2004 12:28PM GMT

"Neither does Buzz Aldrin"

"Neither does Buzz Aldrin" 12/06/2003 03:50 AM

Tech buzz

Tech buzz 06/11/2004 05:01 AM
USA Today Jun 11 2004 9:51AM GMT

It's About Buzz, Not Bugs

It's About Buzz, Not Bugs 07/23/2004 11:16 PM

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Buzz of the day: Flogspot

Buzz of the day: Flogspot 03/11/2003 06:16 PM
This is fun. Josh Dura and his brother Daniel has been working on a project/site/app they call Flogspot It looks like a lot of fun....

Buzzing About Buzz

Buzzing About Buzz 04/07/2005 09:52 AM
Word-of-mouth marketing has gotten turbo-charged lately.

Bad buzz for Tasers

Bad buzz for Tasers 12/30/2004 06:51 AM
USA Today Dec 30 2004 10:57AM GMT

The Flash 7 buzz is on

The Flash 7 buzz is on 10/29/2003 12:09 AM
If you follow the flash blogs, you would have had a hard time missing the launch of the public beta of the next Flash player....

The Buzz About Links - What About Yours?

The Buzz About Links - What About Yours? 05/25/2004 08:47 PM
WebDevInfo May 26 2004 0:58AM GMT

Biz Buzz: Not so gaga over Google

Biz Buzz: Not so gaga over Google 08/18/2004 12:47 PM
US News Aug 18 2004 5:41PM GMT

Jobs to Glaser: Buzz off

Jobs to Glaser: Buzz off 04/15/2004 03:35 PM
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says that if RealNetworks' CEO wanted to threaten his opposite number at Apple, he should have used anything except e-mail.

EBay scammer jailed

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