LARA JAKES JORDAN The Associated Press May 19, 2008 at 2:44 PM EDT WASHINGTON — Thirty-eight people were charged Monday with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users as part of a global crime ring. The Romanian-based phishing scams sought to rip off thousands of consumers and hundreds of financial institutions, according to indictments unsealed in Los Angeles and New Haven, Conn. The two related cases marked the latest example of what the Justice Department describes as a growing worldwide threat posed by organized crime. More here: http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080519.wphishingbust0519/BNStory/Business/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080519.wphishingbust0519 -- John Durham Site http://modecideas.com Server hosted on Ubuntu 4.10 Good advice is like good paint. It only works when applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.
