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

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They fought the law and the law won

They fought the law and the law won 09/03/2004 09:41 PM
Anti-Bush protesters were tough and resilient all week. But in the end it was the NYPD and City Hall with the upper hand.

Have you fought your cereal lately?

Have you fought your cereal lately? 03/25/2005 07:13 PM
Breakfast Brawl is some very fun Friday Flash Fun Mike Tyson's Punch-Out style. This is a direct link to the .swf...if you'd like to play the original (small and full of ads) hit it up here.

Have You Fought Your ISP Over Bandwidth
Limits?

Have You Fought Your ISP Over Bandwidth
Limits? 12/16/2003 01:40 PM
serutan asks: "Recently, a DC++-related mailing list I subscribe to has been buzzing with posts about letters from various ISPs in the U.S., UK, Australia and ...

A War for Us, Fought by Them - New York
Times

A War for Us, Fought by Them - New York
Times 05/05/2004 07:05 AM

Opinion Source

A War for Us, Fought by Them
by William Broyles Jr.
New York Times, 05/04/2004

If children of the political elite were fighting in Iraq, a resolution to the current military imbroglio would soon be found. The author, a Vietnam War veteran, proposes reinstating the draft to ensure the US military gets the support it needs and to relieve pressures on an over-extended volunteer force. Most importantly, he argues, a draft would also prove the ultimate test of Americans' support for the war in Iraq.

William Broyles Jr., the founding editor of Texas Monthly, wrote the screenplay for "Cast Away."

New York Times

A War for Us, Fought by Them

The problem is, I don't see the images of or read about any of the young men and women who, as Dick Cheney and I did, have "other priorities." There are no immediate family members of any of the prime civilian planners of this war serving in it — beginning with President Bush and extending deep into the Defense Department. Only one of the 535 members of Congress, Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota, has a child in the war — and only half a dozen others have sons and daughters in the military.

[...]

This is less a matter of politics than privilege. The Democratic elites have not responded more nobly than have the Republican; it's just that the Democrats' hypocrisy is less acute. Our president's own family illustrates the loss of the sense of responsibility that once went with privilege. In three generations the Bushes have gone from war hero in World War II, to war evader in Vietnam, to none of the extended family showing up in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I remember when I was living in the US with a Green Card (permanent residence card) and I had to sign up for the draft in high school. I thought it was strange that I couldn't vote, drink or buy a gun, but I could be sent to fight a war for the US. It definitely did make me think a lot about war. I think that reinstating the draft in the US is an interesting idea.

Opinion Source is an interesting site run by some of my friends that summarizes op-eds and editorials from around the world. I need to tell them they need better permalinks.

Afghans at Guantanamo Say Never Fought
Against U.S. (Reuters)

Afghans at Guantanamo Say Never Fought
Against U.S. (Reuters) 08/05/2004 05:29 PM
Reuters - Sitting with his hands cuffed and ankles chained to the floor, an Afghan prisoner told a U.S. military panel on Thursday he joined the Taliban and was forced to carry a rifle but "wasn't going to fight anyone."

He's Fought for His Views, Now His Job
(Los Angeles Times)

He's Fought for His Views, Now His Job
(Los Angeles Times) 02/05/2005 10:15 PM
Los Angeles Times - BOULDER, Colo. — Ward L. Churchill has been angry for years, shaking a clenched fist at American power from the streets of Denver and the lecterns of academia.

The next generation of terrorism. How it
will develop and how it will be fought.

The next generation of terrorism. How it
will develop and how it will be fought. 04/26/2004 02:36 PM
Global Guerrillas breaks down Gabriel Weimann's study, "www .terror.net: How Modern Terrorism uses the Internet" (PDF).
Via Anarchogeek.

Akamai: How They Fought Recent DDoS
Attacks

Akamai: How They Fought Recent DDoS
Attacks 07/07/2004 02:21 PM

Online Fraud is Best Fought With the
Delete Button

Online Fraud is Best Fought With the
Delete Button 02/17/2003 08:37 PM
This is in part possible due to enhanced data storage. Imagine a simple search on the Google Web site. Improved data storage and ...

Over 60 Days, Troops Fought Adaptive
Enemy (washingtonpost.com)

Over 60 Days, Troops Fought Adaptive
Enemy (washingtonpost.com) 06/25/2004 11:48 PM
washingtonpost.com - NAJAF, Iraq -- After a year in Iraq, Lt. Jon Silk and the rest of the Army's 1st Armored Division had tickets home. But before dawn on April 5, he and his platoon rumbled toward this southern city of shrines and cemeteries, headed into war.

Papers Show Princess Anne Fought
Abductors (AP)

Papers Show Princess Anne Fought
Abductors (AP) 12/31/2004 08:43 PM
AP - Princess Anne argued with a gunman who tried to kidnap her 30 years ago after ambushing her car and shooting four people and she distracted him enough that security officers were able to capture him, according to government documents released Saturday.

CFO, scammer?

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

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

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.

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

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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419 Scammer Gets Scammed

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

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

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.

EBay scammer jailed

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

eBay scammer gets stung

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

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...

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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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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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.

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.

"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-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"

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.

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.

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.

"For those of you who might be wondering
how it is that the widow of someone who
fought in a war in the early 1860s might
still be alive, quite a few young women
married elderly civil war-era veterans
during the depression"

"For those of you who might be wondering
how it is that the widow of someone who
fought in a war in the early 1860s might
still be alive, quite a few young women
married elderly civil war-era veterans
during the depression" 06/17/2004 11:33 AM

Teen eBay scammer jailed for nearly
three years

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

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.

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.

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?

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
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