BT cuts off dialler scammers
Grok Headline matches for BT cuts off dialler scammers
German dialler scammers hijack
signatures
German dialler scammers hijack
signatures
06/30/2004 06:02 AMThe Register Jun 30 2004 9:59AM GMT
BT program to beat dialler scams
BT program to beat dialler scams
03/17/2005 03:39 AMBT is introducing two initiatives to help beat rogue dialler scams,
which can cost dial-up net users thousands.
Germany regulates dialler market
Germany regulates dialler market
12/15/2003 10:29 AMNo more scams?
Rules for using internet dialler
software
Rules for using internet dialler
software
08/10/2004 10:15 AMOut-Law.com Aug 10 2004 2:00PM GMT
Porn Dialler Scammer Jailed
Porn Dialler Scammer Jailed
04/12/2005 10:08 AMAn 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.
View:
The Register Coverage
View:
La Repubblica
Coverage (if you speak Italian)
Read full story...MP gets police to investigate BT over
rogue dialler scams
MP gets police to investigate BT over
rogue dialler scams
04/05/2005 11:49 AMCPS takes a peek too
Trojan dialler afflicts Symbian
smartphones
Trojan dialler afflicts Symbian
smartphones
08/10/2004 12:23 PMCracked Mosquitos game harbours malware
Italian charged in porn dialler virus
scam
Italian charged in porn dialler virus
scam
11/05/2003 06:03 PMAll we need is a Linux guru and RIAA angle for the perfect headline
Premium dialler fraud hits 5,000 users a
month
Premium dialler fraud hits 5,000 users a
month
05/27/2004 09:35 PMnewmediazero May 28 2004 1:13AM GMT
Porn dialler fraudsters find lucrative
loophole
Porn dialler fraudsters find lucrative
loophole
09/03/2004 08:42 AMLegal side-step fleeces punters
ICSTIS blames dialler scams for premium
rate freeze
ICSTIS blames dialler scams for premium
rate freeze
06/25/2004 11:47 AMThe Register Jun 25 2004 3:59PM GMT
Ireland soothes South Pacific over rogue
dialler crackdown
Ireland soothes South Pacific over rogue
dialler crackdown
09/26/2004 05:27 PMWe have a little list
Ireland bars South Pacific in rogue
dialler crackdown
Ireland bars South Pacific in rogue
dialler crackdown
09/22/2004 07:54 AMI'm gonna wash that scam right out of my hair
Microsoft goes after Scammers
Microsoft goes after Scammers
04/03/2005 03:56 PMAbout Apr 3 2005 7:45PM GMT
Scammers Going To Jail
Scammers Going To Jail
05/18/2004 11:52 AMIt looks like some internet scammers are finally getting some serious
jailtime. A man who was caught running a phishing scam has
just been
sentenced to 46 months in prison. Meanwhile, the guy who conned
lots of Wall Street insiders out of half a million dollars by telling
them he was
sellin
g pre-IPO shares in Google has
entered a guilty plea
in the case, and now faces 51 to 63 months in jail. I have no problem
putting such obvious scammers in jail for breaking the law. I do
wonder, however, if the punishment really fits the crime.
16 scammers fined £1.3m
16 scammers fined £1.3m
04/01/2005 11:17 AMPremium rate watchdog acts
New IE bug may be scammers best friend
New IE bug may be scammers best friend
12/10/2003 01:13 AMZDNet Australia Dec 10 2003 0:24AM ET
HotJobs For Scammers!
HotJobs For Scammers!
05/17/2004 04:36 AMWe first posted about scammers (often those same Eastern European
organized crime groups who are having so much fun with spam and
phishing operations) using job boards like Monster and HotJobs to
recruit suckers to launder money for them
a year
ago. Now, however, the NY Times has picked up on the story and it
looks like (as these things are known to do)
the scam has changed a bit. Last year, the scammers would
hire unsuspecting rubes to ship packages to Eastern Europe. They
would claim to be a shipping company that was hiring people in the US
in their spare time to pass on the packages. Lots of people fell for
it. The latest trick, though, is for the scammers to claim to be
software companies in Eastern Europe looking to accept payments from
US customers - and thus, in need of someone in the US to handle their
"payment processing." They post these ads on the job boards and when
people answer them, they're expected to receive payments into their
personal PayPal account and then send the money to Eastern
Europe. Of course, what happens is that PayPal/eBay eventually
notices an awful lot of money going into this account and is alerted
that it's from stolen credit cards. The sucker who's been passing on
the money is told they need to pay it back to PayPal while the folks
in Eastern Europe invest in more ads on these job boards. The article
mostly focuses on the fact that those tricked are
angry at the job
websites for not protecting them against such frauds. Some are
worried that these types of frauds may end up damaging the reputations
of the job sites. While that is a risk, I still can't believe anyone
would
ever agree to process payments into their
personal
account and send it on to Eastern Europe without suspecting something
was not right.
Baiting 419 Scammers For Sport
Baiting 419 Scammers For Sport
11/17/2003 04:17 AMThere have been an increasing number of "filler" stories from
reporters who need something to write about and notice a 419 scam
email in their inbox and decide to write the scammer back. Either
these reporters don't realize that this article has been written 100
times before, or they just don't care. However, a group of other
folks have decided that instead of using the experience to write up an
article, they're going to do their best to
publicly humiliate 419 scammers. It's turned into
something of a sport for many - who create elaborate personas and
stories in order to scam the 419ers themselves. Of course, they're
trying to trick them out of their dignity, rather than their money.
Scammers use Gmail invit
Scammers use Gmail invit
09/15/2004 02:59 PMTechzonez Sep 15 2004 6:44PM GMT
Nigerian Scammers get Busted
Nigerian Scammers get Busted
07/01/2004 01:58 AMAccording to ABC News, the old Nigerian money scam is alive and well.
Even with a major raid by the Nigerian government, there are still
Nigerian “Kingpins that remain untouchable. The best defense
against this sort of scam is in my opinion, a combination of common
sense and education on the subject.
Artists Against 419 Takes On Scammers
Artists Against 419 Takes On Scammers
05/02/2004 07:46 PMText scammers fined £450,000
Text scammers fined £450,000
05/24/2004 10:32 AM'Justice has been done' says UK e-minister
Spammers, Miscreants, Scammers, Etc
Spammers, Miscreants, Scammers, Etc
12/30/2003 01:23 AMHow on earth are we supposed to be able to believe anything we see on
the internet, including message coming from our ISP’s, Friends, FAMILY
? Scammers, and Spammers have take over nearly every type of
communication we have, including...
Nigeria Arrests 419 Scammers
Nigeria Arrests 419 Scammers
07/06/2004 01:42 PMNigeria arrests 500 suspected email
scammers: Nigeria finally took some action on 419
scammers. I hereby retract this post.
Nigeria's agency against economic and financial crime said Monday
that it had detained more than 500 suspects and seized property worth
more than $US500 million from suspected fraudsters.
[...] The EFCC had demonstrated its resolve and commitment by
arresting many previously "untouchable 419 kingpins", said Ribadu, a
former senior police intelligence officer.
Although the identities of those in EFCC custody are not formally
revealed, observers noted that they included legislators, lawyers,
politicians, bankers and public functionaries.
A couple points to note here. First, look at the type of people
arrested: lawyers, legislators (!), politicians, etc. Nice. Second,
they seized $500 million? 419 scamming was evidently going well for
these folks.
Click here to comment on this entry
More on Scammers Abusing TTY Services
More on Scammers Abusing TTY Services
04/15/2004 01:00 PMMicrosoft Sues 117 Scammers
Microsoft Sues 117 Scammers
04/02/2005 08:31 PMCIO Today Apr 3 2005 12:49AM GMT
Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim
Nigerian Scammers Claim Another Victim
12/24/2003 03:46 PMA Florida newspaper ran a story yesterday about a local retiree who
fell hard for a 419 scam. The story goes into depth on the methods
used to play on the ...
Online Vigilantes Still Scamming The
Scammers
Online Vigilantes Still Scamming The
Scammers
06/17/2004 07:33 PMLast summer we wrote about the new "online sport" of
spam
baiting, where people would bait Nigerian 419 scammers into doing
time wasting and embarrassing things partly for fun, and partly to
keep them busy from scamming others. It appears that the
practice has only grown over time with people
spending an awful lot of time trying to mess with scammers. Some have
even claimed to have gotten money out of the scammers. What's
interesting is that some law enforcement officials are happy with the
online vigilantes, since they often provide the detailed info needed
to track down the scammers. Others, though, warn that most of the
people behind these scams are part of fairly violent organized crime
groups, and getting involved with them in any way could be quite
dangerous.
Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers
Ireland Cracks Down on Online Scammers
09/23/2004 05:20 AMSoftware To Catch Nigerian 419 Scammers
Software To Catch Nigerian 419 Scammers
06/07/2004 01:56 PMIf you've ever received an email from Nigeria asking for a small sum
of money in order to get millions, you know what the 419 scam is. (Or
you're still waiting for a lot of money that hasn't quite shown up
yet.) The '419' comes from the Nigerian criminal code section against
fraud, and to prevent the scams, Nigeria is
looking into using software to help track down the
scammers by scanning emails for keywords. This brings up plenty
of privacy issues over who determines which keywords are used and what
is done with the flagged emails. And while this proposal is probably
better than passing a completely new law that would probably be
ineffective, the enforcement against this scam may be a bit late as
scammers have modified their scams and moved to places other than
Nigeria. So scams are here to stay, and although one would hope that
public education could take away the incentives for scammers, there's
a sucker born every minute.
Watch out, there be scammers about,
warns watchdog
Watch out, there be scammers about,
warns watchdog
03/23/2005 12:46 PMIf it's too good to be true...
Police warning to internet scammers
Police warning to internet scammers
02/07/2005 02:02 AMONE News Feb 7 2005 5:54AM GMT
Protecting yourself against moving
company scammers
Protecting yourself against moving
company scammers
06/24/2005 06:20 PMMark Frauenfelder:
More than a few people I know have told me horror stories about moving
companies ripping them off when they've moved to a new house or
apartment. Their stories are similar: the moving company loads your
stuff on the truck(s) and then it tells you to pay a lot more money
than the written estimate. Movingscam.com is an information clearing
house about moving company scammers, with tips for finding honest
movers.
One thing I should point out, is that the bids from these
companies that I have seen often quote you by cubic footage not by
weight. If you get a quote that is priced by cubic footage, that
should raise a red flag right away. The reason for this is that if
they charge you by weight, they have to provide proof of the weight of
your belongings at no charge to you. Current laws regarding the moving
industry do not cover moves based on cubic feet.
Once the movers show up and most or all of your things are in their
truck, they will hit you with the real price of the move. By then it's
too late. Your things are on their truck, and they won't get anything
off of it without full payment in cash. They will tell you that if you
don't pay up, that they will take the truck and sell everything you
own to cover the contract. In my case, I put down a $150 deposit, and
was told before the movers showed up that the rest of the $1869 would
be due on delivery. When the movers showed up, the price jumped to
$5012.50, and the movers demanded half of that on the spot or else
there wouldn't be a delivery!
Link(via Sensible Erection)419 scammers start working the phones
419 scammers start working the phones
01/26/2004 08:32 AMHello, I'm the Son of the Late Head of State
Sweet Revenge On Nigerian Scammers
Sweet Revenge On Nigerian Scammers
11/16/2003 03:58 PMScammers target Westpac customers
Scammers target Westpac customers
11/02/2003 10:55 PMZDNet Australia Nov 2 2003 9:29PM ET
Dear New York Craigslist Powerbook
Scammers
Dear New York Craigslist Powerbook
Scammers
05/28/2004 02:09 PMI hate you.
Signed,
Brokenhearted in Brooklyn
Apple
Powerbook G4 17' 1.33Ghz/1Gb/80Gb Hdd/SuperDrive - $1250
Apple
Powerbook G4 17' 1.33Ghz/1Gb/80Gb Hdd/SuperDrive - $1250
Apple
Powerbook G4 17' 1.33Ghz/1Gb/80Gb Hdd/SuperDrive - $1250
UK Watchdog bites mobile spam scammers
UK Watchdog bites mobile spam scammers
02/19/2004 02:06 PMTwo operations shut down under emergency procedures
Grok Description matches for BT cuts off dialler scammers
GrokA matches for BT cuts off dialler scammers
BT cuts off dialler scammers
