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Fraudsters Jailed After $240m Scam
News Often it is lone individuals who find their bank accounts cleaned out upon handing over personal documentation and bank details but in this instance the losses escalated as a result of the fraudsters striking gold when the victim who took their...
[November 21, 2005, 16:50]
Online Fraudsters Target Public Sector
News Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, said areas such as tax credits have become major targets for fraudsters and that there needs to be better information sharing between the public and private sectors to combat the...
[June 1, 2007, 17:37]
British Internet Fraudsters Jailed
News The Internet fraudsters were arrested by the National Crime Squad (NCS) in August 2000, following a six month investigation code-named Operation Skoda. NCS confirms that no customer accounts were accessed or compromised by the fraudsters.
[December 7, 2001, 17:16]
Fraudsters Recruit Computer Kids For Crime
News The authors of the report speculate that the Internet has become a haven for petty fraudsters, but Merrett says to his knowledge even petty Internet fraud is usually well organised. Organised crime syndicates are increasingly targeting budding...
[September 28, 2000, 15:58]
UK Failing To Fight Internet Fraudsters
News Fraudsters benefit from this lack of continuity of response. Many fraudsters and cybercriminals operate abroad, which makes it very difficult for the police to pursue them, according to security experts, who agree that jurisdiction and lack of...
[July 27, 2006, 10:30]
EBay Cracks Down On Romanian Fraudsters
News The number one goal of these fraudsters was to pull users off of eBay — away from our security cameras so to speak. The fraudsters would first have to guess the emails of the losing bidders — most commonly by combining their eBay username with...
[June 28, 2007, 12:11]
Fraudsters Search Google For Credit-card Numbers
Talkback I mean, I know where you can get down some fraudsters who are always after people's money.I dont like them, I hate them and I wish to expose them out to people like you. I believe 90% of the Nigerian are fraudsters while 10% are for real.
[June 22, 2005, 10:12]
Software Fraudsters Escape Raid
News The raids led to the arrest of two individuals for the sale of counterfeit goods, the detention of a number of suspected illegal immigrants and the identification of a number of benefit fraudsters. Trading Standards officers seized £1.5m of...
[January 6, 2006, 12:30]
UK Failing To Fight Internet Fraudsters
Talkback A very good assesment of the problem, but does it deal with the problem. Again, because this is a crime, the police become to source to which this matter is reported, but realistically, it is beyond their ability and resources to deal with it.
[July 27, 2006, 21:38]
EBay Gets Tough On Online Fraudsters
Talkback I have contacted paypal and have been told my case was closed and refund issued. Now it says that they closed the case and no refund will be issued. The above item was removed from ebay as the seller was fraudulently selling ebook wholesale lists...
[July 9, 2006, 20:41]
Software Fraudsters Escape Raid
Talkback If it's talen two years for them to carry out their first raid I for one would question their competence!
[January 9, 2006, 14:08]
Internet Fraudsters Sentenced To 15 Years
Talkback Any reason the thieves weren't named in this article?
[November 24, 2003, 17:39]
Internet Fraudsters Sentenced To 15 Years
Talkback I presume we mean that it worked out to less than 2 and a half years for each person and if so, this should send out a strong message to all cyber thieves, intenet theft is worth doing. When you rob a bank of that sort of money you get more than that.
[November 25, 2003, 8:59]
Internet Fraudsters Sentenced To 15 Years
News Six men were sentenced for a total of 15 and a half years in jail at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, after pleading guilty to using the Internet to defraud UK banks to the tune of £350,000. The six men, aged between 21 and 39, obtained false...
[November 21, 2003, 16:15]
UK Failing To Fight Internet Fraudsters
Talkback The solution is simple. Do not use any electronic means to transfer money in any way. If enough people do this you'll find that the companies that were quick enough to further grow their bottom line without any realistic liability or security...
[July 29, 2006, 23:42]
Fraudsters Swipe 2,000 UK Credit Card Details
News Fraudsters stole the credit card details of 2,000 MasterCard holders in a major security breach last week. ZDNet UK sister site Silicon.com was contacted by one customer of the Clydesdale Bank who was told that her MasterCard details, along with...
[April 26, 2006, 12:10]
Fraudsters Continue To Target EBay
News Fraudsters trying to steal credit card information from online auction house eBay's 55 million users appear to have set up a fake Web site that mimics the firm, a private Internet watchdog has said. This news comes less than a fortnight after a...
[December 11, 2002, 15:53]
EBay Gets Tough On Online Fraudsters
Talkback I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LATEST PAYPAL SCAM Theres a bogus company operating out there I think the public need to be aware of, they proport to be a legitiamte electronic money institution, when in fact they are just simpley their...
[March 31, 2006, 13:17]
Fraudsters Search Google For Credit-card Numbers
News Simple queries using the Google search engine can turn up a handful of sites that have posted credit card information to the Web, ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com learned on Tuesday. The lists of financial information include hundreds of card...
[August 4, 2004, 8:45]
Police Raid Suspected UK Computer Fraudsters
News Customs and excise officers have arrested 21 men in the UK in connection with alleged computer hardware fraud estimated to be worth millions of pounds. The men are suspected of importing millions of pounds worth of computer equipment from another...
[February 21, 2001, 15:10]
