Scammers Manipulate the Mob
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Online recommendation systems are growing up -- and the spammers, fraudsters and thieves are moving in. By Annalee Newitz from Wired magazine.
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Using the buzz surrounding last Frriday's launch of the iPhone, hackers and scammers are targeting eager would-be buyers to launch their latest attacks.
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Criminals took part in a scam worth millions, but U.K. police admit they can't crack the gang's computer records.
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The victims of the Asian tsunami now face a new danger - that of criminals and opportunists trying to cash in on their misfortune.
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Online criminals are exploiting human hopes and fears to spread spam and viruses.
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It's called 'murderabilia'âthe buying and selling of items connected to grisly crime scenes. And it's a brisk business online. Inside the campaign to police the murder market.
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World of Warcraft operator slaps Peons4Hire for invasive selling tactics.
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Social networks have made fortunes setting up Web sites that allow people to post profiles and trade messages. Now, the rank and file are getting the chance to make some cash from their contacts.
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Organized gangs are increasingly using networks of zombie PCs to launch attempts to make money, according to VeriSign.
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Criminals and opportunists are reported to be trying to cash in on the tsunami victims' misfortune.
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Revelations of corporate fraud are dependent on a wide range of sometimes unlikely players.
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Criminals deploy zombies herded into netwoks of a few hundred to more than half a million compromised PCs. Uses vary from the simply annoying (spam attacks) to the unsavory and criminal.
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For some, replying to Internet scams is a rewarding hobby. They call themselves scam-baiters, and they have started taking justice into their own hands.
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Shadowy corporate figures who cut backroom deals. Stealthy terrorists who drive cabs by day. Immigrants who steal across the border by night.
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It's a case of the professional fraudsters scamming the amateurs with a phishing tools supply site.
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Beware the wily ways of credit card companies.
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By Chandra Devi  HOAX and scams are getting bolder these days leveraging on high speed technology to get faster and more results.