| No, no, no, i dont need a URL to tell me what happens to computer criminals in
jail, i know for a fact they are all raped daily through their wannabe GUI Back
Orifice.
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JackDangers™- neurotic to the core |
| But victims that fell for the ploy were unwittingly entering their
PayPal account information into a Web site set up by computer criminals.
About 175 people fell for that part of the scam, according to one source
familiar with the investigation. The site was operating for at least two
months, the source said. |
| Section 304 of the Medal of Valor bill provides for Criminal and Civil
Forfeiture for Computer Fraud and Abuse. Although federal forfeiture law
s
have been partially reformed, they are still massively weighted in favor
of
the government, and allow the government to seize property from people wh
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have never been convicted of a crime. |
| FAKE PAGE SCAM WIDESPREAD
Creating fake Web pages and tricking victims into entering personal data
is hardly a new scam, but it seems to have new life lately. Last weekend
some customers of Kaypro Technology, Inc., an online computer store,
received e-mail from a computer criminal using the same technique as the
PayPal fraudster. Fortunately for customers, the scam was betrayed by
poor English in the e-mail: |
| The name of the computer store where I had to return a new system several times
where each time the motherboard was replaced was Prime Computer in Norcross
- Georgia....
I dealt with a salesman named Kevin most of the time, and he later left and started
his own store in Atlanta called KevinComputers.....
He actually handed me another defective motherboard in exchange for a defective one
which I was returning at the time.....
Etop Udoh wrote:
I wouldnt have mind it as much if it wasnt for the DOUBLE - BILLING and
theres probably no way to get my money back...I was willing to let it go and
wouldnt mind continuing to do business with him....
I have proof of the double-billing and I doubt the shop has verified proof of 2
transactions for the same price....
I started to buy more from the guy, but ended up putting several things back....
....good thing I did....probably would have lost more money....i.e...being double
billed for those items as well....
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