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Germany Makes Arrests In Global Phishing Scam

Posted by Zonk on from the little-less-processed-hog-in-the-tubes dept.

Monkier writes "PC World reports on a sting by German police resulting in the arrest of ten people suspected of a phishing scam. The group was targeted bank customers with emails from organizations like eBay and Deutsche Telekom. The team attached software to the emails that recorded data entered into the host computers. From the article: '"This case shows that criminal organizations are using the Internet more and more to gain enormous amounts of money with a supposedly low risk of being caught," said Crime Office President Joerg Ziercke in a statement. "The authorities face constant new challenges in the fight against computer crime where perpetrators are developing a higher degree of professionalism and specialization." The office said the suspects had led luxurious lifestyles involving expensive jewelry, cars and travel.'"

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  1. Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've been scamming people for years now, but they're never gonna get me!

    -Bill G.

  2. This is Germany by Billosaur · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's "pfishing"...

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  3. Global crime, national governments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Face it, the world ain't divided into little independent fiefdoms anymore. Why do we keep acting like it is a good idea to have little nations all under their own regime?

    For a global order, we need a global system of governance. Lucky for us, open source is taking the lead:
    http://www.metagovernment.org/

    It's still young, but it's better than anything else out there.

    1. Re:Global crime, national governments by The+Living+Fractal · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Face it, the world IS STILL divided into little independent fiefdoms. And who is this 'we' that are acting like it's a good idea? Maybe you mean the people that recognize the nature of their power (of many types), and where it comes from? In other words, having a world government would severely hinder the "haves" in keeping themselves separate from the "nots".

      I read the Metagovernment website. Pie-in-the-sky ideas. Sounds good on paper but the only thing that would ever make it even remotely possible to implement is massive, worldwide violence on a scale never before seen which somehow only killed the people who wanted to maintain their power.

      Seriously, I mean, it sounds good but it's just not gonna go smoothly if it ever happens.

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  4. Re:Tax rates and organised crime by Silver+Sloth · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Poor and sick person in Country A receives the health care required without resorting to crime so as to pay for it.

    Poor and sick person in Country B has to balance health care against other basic needs and is tempted into crime to pay for it.

    So, the higher the tax rate the lower the basic incentive to comit crime.

    Ok, so this is a hopelessly simplistic broad brush picture of a very complex situation, but, so was the OP.

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