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21 Million German Bank Accounts For Sale

Posted by kdawson on from the black-marks dept.

anerva writes "Black market criminals are offering to sell details on 21 million German bank accounts for €12M ($15.3M), according to an investigative report (German; Google translation) published Saturday. In November reporters for WirtschaftsWoche (Economic Week) had a face-to-face meeting with criminals in a Hamburg hotel, according to the magazine. Posing as buyers working for a gambling business, the journalists were able to strike a price of €0.55 per record, or €12M for all the data. They were given a CD containing the 1.2 million accounts when they asked for assurances that the information they would be buying was legitimate." 21 million is three in four existing German bank accounts.

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  1. Maybe Israel should just take them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since they were probably stolen from Jews to begin with...

  2. you know it was the muslims! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    start up those ovens, krauts. we need your wisdom today to rid ourselves of the islamic question.

  3. Re:I did it last week by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Come on, man. People may want to steal euros in Germany, but I don't think they will want baddabings, or whatever you call your currency, in Peru.
    So, your 7 steps can't bring a real criminal profit, so why should they worry about it?
    Your country owes money to Brazil, for G-d's sake! Who else would owe money to Brazil???

  4. Re:Exactly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    please dont use "check" when you mean "cheque". it's right up their with "walla" when you're trying to say "voila". it makes you look like a dumb american