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Internet Forensics: Obfuscation
White Paper The Achilles' heel of any Internet con artist is the web site they use to trick their victims. In order for the scam to function, victims have to be able to access a real site at a defined location on the Internet. [10 Oct 2007]
Janet Jackson's breast more popular than antivirus protection
News To help spread the word, the not-for-profit organisation has signed up convicted con artist turned fraud expert Frank Abagnale - whose life story was made into the Steven Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can - as a spokesman. [04 Oct 2004]
ID theft - very 21st century, very serious
Comment The strange case of Derek Bond - the hapless British pensioner wrongly detained in a South African police cell under suspicion of being a 'most wanted' US con-artist - has brought the concept of ID theft to a wide audience. [26 Feb 2003]
eBay and the ID thieves
News Once a con artist has commandeered an account, the process of defrauding buyers while evading detection becomes that much easier. While Fraser's credit card number could have been filched anywhere, the fact remains that con artists are using stolen... [22 Nov 2002]
Uncovered: Fraudster profits from data protection fears
News A con-artist who masqueraded as a data protection watchdog official to scare UK firms into coughing up for data registration has moved his operation online. Gary McNeish, director of the Data Protection Act Registration Service, sent an email to... [19 Jul 2001]
