Topic: SPAM - on November 7, 2003 at 6:30:29 PM CET
Help! my Belkin router is spamming me
The marketing geniuses at Belkin, the consumer networking vendor, have dreamed up a new form of spam - ads served to your desktop, by way of its wireless router.
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Topic: SPAM - on September 24, 2003 at 1:29:56 PM CEST
New 'Nigerian' Internet Scam
Agents at the U.S. Secret Service office in Orlando, Fla., believe a Problem Solvers investigation has uncovered a new, more sophisticated variation of the so-called "Nigerian 419 Advance Fee" scam targeting Americans who sell items over the Internet. The variation of the "Nigerian" scam involves authentic-looking cashier's checks that are issued for high-priced items.
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Topic: SPAM - on September 21, 2003 at 12:39:05 PM CEST
Accused AOL phisher spammed the FBI
An Ohio woman accused in federal court of using mass forged e-mails from "AOL security" to swindle America Online subscribers out of their credit card numbers was allegedly tracked down after spamming exactly the wrong person: an FBI agent specializing in computer fraud, according to court records.
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Topic: - on December 17, 2002 at 1:13:26 AM CET
The web bites back
Protesters are turning the tables on government officials and businessmen who they say are making the web less pleasant to use. The web activists have found the personal details of the man behind a federal surveillance system and an e-mail spammer and are giving them a dose of their own medicine. The home address and phone numbers of the two men being widely circulated and posted on more than 100 websites.
Ganz reale Rache
Alan Ralsky ist ein Spam-Versender: Er macht sein Geld damit, Millionen von Menschen mit Werbung vollzumüllen. Jetzt bekommt er die Rache der Web-Gemeinde zu spüren: Derzeit bekommt er Post von "jeder Werbekampagne, die es gibt". Schneckenpost, auf Papier.
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Topic: - on November 23, 2002 at 12:45:30 AM CET
Spam king lives large off others' e-mail troubles
You might call it the house that spam built.
Alan Ralsky's brand new 8,000-square-foot luxury home near Halsted and Maple in West Bloomfield has been a busy place this month. Outside, landscapers worked against the November cold to get a sprinkler system installed before the ground freezes. Inside, painters prepared to hang wallpaper.
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Topic: - on September 25, 2002 at 12:58:15 PM CEST
Woman falls for Nigerian scam, steals $2.1m from law firm
The 59-year-old woman received a fax from one Dr. Mbuso Nelson of the Ministry of Mining in Pretoria, South Africa, asking for help in getting a cool $18m transferred to the US. We all know what comes next: the hapless victim set up a bank account, only to be told that certain expenses had to be met. Fuelled by greed and stupidity in equal measure, the woman dutifully wired huge sums to accounts in South Africa and Taiwan. Cue popping champagne corks in expensive Lagos restaurants.
¬><a href="www.theregister.co.uk"target="_blank"> THE REGISTER
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