Thursday, September 13, 2007

Germany Arrests 10 in Global Internet Scam Raids

Via Reuters.

German police have arrested 10 people suspected of being involved in an international Internet scam which could have cost victims hundreds of thousands of euros, the Federal Police Office said on Thursday.

An 18-month-long probe resulted in raids in several German cities and the arrests of 10 Russians, Ukrainians and Germans who police think were involved in "phishing" -- or tricking people into revealing personal or financial details.

The group targeted bank customers who received emails purportedly from organizations like eBay Inc and Deutsche Telekom, said the office.

Attached to the emails was so-called Trojan horse software which records data entered in computers.

More here.

1 Comments:

At Thu Sep 13, 07:47:00 PM PDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just so there is no misunderstanding with these criminals there should be a meaningful jail term for conviction. No less than 20 years and no more than 25 years to be served in something like an old Soviet gulag. Or look to the muslims, chop off the offending hands.

 

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