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419 Scammer Gets Scammed

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

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Sony to
halt new Clie pocket computer sales i

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Sony to
halt new Clie pocket computer sales i 06/02/2004 03:56 AM
Reuters Jun 2 2004 8:06AM GMT

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-Tokyo Nikkei rises
two pct on banks, high-techs

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-Tokyo Nikkei rises
two pct on banks, high-techs 04/20/2004 01:48 AM
Forbes Apr 20 2004 6:02AM GMT

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-Hutchison
'categorically denies' UK 3G exit
rumours

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-Hutchison
'categorically denies' UK 3G exit
rumours 05/31/2004 10:14 PM
Forbes Jun 1 2004 2:37AM GMT

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-DoCoMo 3G
subscribers jump, unveils new phones

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-DoCoMo 3G
subscribers jump, unveils new phones 06/02/2004 07:02 AM
Forbes Jun 2 2004 11:06AM GMT

"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.

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-ANALYSIS-Japan's
DoCoMo unlikely to bid for AT&T Wirel

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-ANALYSIS-Japan's
DoCoMo unlikely to bid for AT&T Wirel 01/23/2004 03:56 AM
Forbes Jan 23 2004 7:16AM GMT

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Hutchison
says 3G users increase to 1.73 mln

CORRECTED - CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Hutchison
says 3G users increase to 1.73 mln 05/20/2004 05:52 AM
Forbes May 20 2004 9:43AM GMT

CORRECTED: Group of Seven Frets About
Oil, China (Reuters)

CORRECTED: Group of Seven Frets About
Oil, China (Reuters) 04/16/2005 09:50 AM
Reuters - Finance chiefs from the Group of Seven economic powers met on Saturday to discuss two of the global economic concerns over which they have least control -- high oil prices and China's fixed currency peg.

CORRECTED: Family of Beheaded U.S. Man
Releases Statement (Reuters)

CORRECTED: Family of Beheaded U.S. Man
Releases Statement (Reuters) 05/11/2004 03:13 PM
Reuters - (Corrects name of person reading statement in second paragraph.)

CORRECTED: El Paso Named Sweatiest U.S.
City (Reuters)

CORRECTED: El Paso Named Sweatiest U.S.
City (Reuters) 06/18/2004 01:10 PM
Reuters - "Sun City" Texas just became Sweat City U.S.A.

CORRECTED: MCI Accepts Verizon's
$7.6 Billion Offer (Reuters)

CORRECTED: MCI Accepts Verizon's
$7.6 Billion Offer (Reuters) 03/29/2005 11:27 AM
Reuters - (Correcting timing of cash payouts)

CORRECTED-France's first gay wedding
faces official split (Reuters)

CORRECTED-France's first gay wedding
faces official split (Reuters) 06/07/2004 01:57 PM
Reuters - Please read in third paragraph... Prosecutor Bertrand de Loze.

CORRECTED-Read National Geographic? Now
get the matching sofa (Reuters)

CORRECTED-Read National Geographic? Now
get the matching sofa (Reuters) 04/09/2004 04:13 PM
Reuters - In this April 5 story please read in 4th paragraph ... More than 2,500 items, inspired by the 115-year-old magazine's archives, will be highlighted April 22-28 at the High Point Market in North Carolina, the largest home furnishing trade show in the world. The collection was formally unveiled in October ... instead of ... will debut April 22-28 at the High Point Market in North Carolina, the largest home furnishing trade show in the world. The collection will be formally unveiled in October.

CORRECTED: Ridge Hails U.S.-European
Anti-Terror Work (Reuters)

CORRECTED: Ridge Hails U.S.-European
Anti-Terror Work (Reuters) 09/20/2004 10:28 AM
Reuters - The United States and Europe work well together in the fight against terrorism despite having big differences on other issues such as Iraq, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in remarks published Tuesday.

CORRECTED: Microsoft Issues Patch;
E-Mail ID Plan Rejected (Reuters)

CORRECTED: Microsoft Issues Patch;
E-Mail ID Plan Rejected (Reuters) 09/15/2004 05:16 PM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. released on Tuesday a patch for its latest "critical" rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs.

A fool and his money are soon scammed
out of it

A fool and his money are soon scammed
out of it 04/10/2004 11:24 AM
There's a lot of scammin', griftin', and chicanery going on in the world and Snopes has always been there, but they usually take some time to do their investigations. But for the quick hit, they've just launched a new daily scam page carrying just that day's latest scam news from around the country. It's really amazing how many major scams take place every day, and it helps to know how to spot a scam when you hear about it.

You've Been Scammed Again? Maybe the
Problem Isn't Your Computer

You've Been Scammed Again? Maybe the
Problem Isn't Your Computer 06/05/2005 10:45 PM
The cold calculus behind every phishing campaign, every Nigerian come-on, every virus-spreading e-mail message, is that someone, somewhere, will always bite.

More Scam Victims Who Don't Believe
They've Been Scammed

More Scam Victims Who Don't Believe
They've Been Scammed 04/28/2004 11:40 AM
Last year, we wrote about a man in Florida who gave all of his money to Nigerian scammers and still refused to believe he had been conned. It seems like this is fairly common. Over in Switzerland, police tried to explain to someone why the $115,000 he had sent to Nigeria was never going to be seen again, and he refused to believe him. Despite plenty of evidence being presented to him, six months later he was found sending another $38,000 to Nigerian scammers. There's a point at which you wonder if some of these people almost deserve to lose their money.

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters)

CORRECTED: AOL Spam Down 75 Pct; Net
Spam Trends Reverse (Reuters) 12/27/2004 11:21 AM
Reuters - You've got less spam, according to America Online, the world's largest online service.

Filipino mobe users scammed over virus
scare

Filipino mobe users scammed over virus
scare 08/27/2004 01:43 PM
Manila dealers prey on concerns

Filipino mobile phone users scammed over
virus scare

Filipino mobile phone users scammed over
virus scare 08/27/2004 09:20 PM

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.

Scamming the Scammer

Scamming the Scammer 05/15/2004 02:52 AM
P-P-P-Powerbook: Scamming the Scammer .. The ultimate ebay insult II

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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 12:00 PM
Slashdot May 16 2004 3:25PM GMT

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

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

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

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...

EBay scammer jailed

EBay scammer jailed 06/16/2004 08:20 AM
ZDNet UK Jun 16 2004 12:18PM GMT

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.

Aus email scammer 'made A$5m'

Aus email scammer 'made A$5m' 10/31/2003 06:05 AM
iafrica.com Oct 31 2003 4:52AM ET

eBay scammer gets stung

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

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 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.

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.

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.

View: The Register Coverage
View: La Repubblica Coverage (if you speak Italian)

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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.

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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