130 arrested in Net Fraud crackdown
The feds put cuffs on 130 individuals in a e-con crackdown hopefully they will get convictions and send a message to these scam artist. [ZDNet]
Category
Crime
Spammers going to Slammer
It's about time that the feds started arresting these idiots. Maybe prison bars will wake up others. [The Register]
Police Raid coming to a campus near you!
Seems police are heading to a campus near you with search warrants in hand. They went looking for some servers, students thought it was a drug bust. I guess they are lucky they didn't find any but they did load up some machines that the RIAA lawyers want to have a look at. [The Register]
Was your Passport account compromised!!!!
I knew it I just knew it. I had been very leary of the Microsoft passport service and had opted not to use it on all of the sites I need to access secure minus one which I had to because it was a Microsoft paid service. I hope that the FTC sticks it to them good, I am sick
Job seekers are duped by con men
If you are looking for a job you better not get one shipping stuff for people without checking out there credentials real close. [MSNBC]
RIAA extort money from College Students
RIAA has surprisingly settled out of court with the 4 students accused of file swapping. They have had to reportedly pay between 12,000 and 17,500 each. If this is any indication of the things to come the Recording Industry will be looking to support it's lost sales through these types of fines. I think we have only seen the tip
Virgina Anti-Spam Law
The law that has been cooked up by Virgina Legislatures has little success of being enforced. With most spammers coming in from off-shore I see no way that they will be able to enforce the law. [620KTAR]