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Scamming Spammer Hooks the Wrong Person

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the line-and-sinker dept.

CrypticSpawn writes "Read on SecurityFocus, a 55 year old woman spammed an FBI computer crime agent. She got caught mailing off a credit card scam to AOL users." Her scam targeted AOL users with messages saying their credit cards were refused during the last billing cycle, and linked to a false billing center page which demanded private information.

7 of 408 comments (clear)

  1. FBI uses AOL by vspazv · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't be the only one that finds it disturbing that the FBI uses AOL.

    1. Re:FBI uses AOL by yintercept · · Score: 5, Funny
      I can't be the only one that finds it disturbing that the FBI uses AOL.
      You mean you missed the Time/AOL/FBI merger?
    2. Re:FBI uses AOL by MosesJones · · Score: 4, Funny

      They've given up on that name...

      Now they are going for

      "Investigation Time for America"

      --
      An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
    3. Re:FBI uses AOL by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Funny

      "You've got a subpoena!"

      --
      The correlation between ignorance of statistics and using "correlation is not causation" as an argument is close to 1.
  2. No wonder! by l3prador · · Score: 4, Funny

    No wonder I get so many email offers for Viagra and low-cost prescription drugs!

  3. Re:How gullable can people be? by skinfitz · · Score: 4, Funny

    The darwin award exists for those who kill them selves in stupid ways... we need to invent an award for idiots that fall for obvious scams like this.

    There is - it's called "Manager".

  4. Re:Let em guess she was American ? by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are certain items of the arcana that are only available to the wise. Ok, some MCSEs know them too, but only a few.

    Do wish to have arcane knowledge and be the envy of your 133t friends? How on earth those spammers, well know for deep knowledge of the darkside, produce a cent sign when it isn't on the keyboard?

    You (sir/madam) have been carefully selected as one the few who have what it takes to secret forces and such power right at your fingertips!

    Don't be a clueless dork anymore. Just send $19.95. Your seat at the table of the Illuminati is waiting. . . for you (sir/madam)!!!

    KFG