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eBay fraudster jailed and ordered to pay back £70,000
News A subsequent investigation of Hurley's financial affairs by the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) found he sold more than 6,600 items for £104,500 between 18 March 2003 and 25 December 2003 - and that significant deposits into a number of bank accounts... [04 Oct 2005]
5 years ago: Virgin.net shuts off web email
News According to Virgin, affected customers have been told to visit the Virgin.net site for instructions on how to reactivate their accounts. The service contains only emails from other eBay customers or from the company and thus lowers the possibility... [10 Jan 2005]
Scammers use Gmail invite as phishing hook
News One possibility is to use the accounts to spam from. The emails are currently able to make their way through Gmail's spam filters but the Gmail fraternity is fighting back by publicising the con on messageboards and in forums. [15 Sep 2004]
'Phishers' who conned Brits arrested
News Detective Superintendent Mick Deats, deputy head of the NHTCU, said: "Organised Crime is targeting internet users in the UK to launder money stolen from online bank accounts where people have been duped into handing over their account details. [05 May 2004]
EXCLUSIVE: eBay warns of new fraud
News eBay is warning customers to be wary of fraudsters using hijacked sellers' accounts to try to con them out of money by offering to sell goods such as laptops at knockdown prices outside of auctions.silicon.com was alerted to the problem by a... [12 Nov 2003]
Spam stats: The plague continues...
News In total scams and other financial offers - such as the grey area of low interest loans and mortgages - accounts for 27 per cent of all spam (10 per cent scams, 17 per cent financial offers). Adult spam, such as solicitations to visit porn sites or... [08 Apr 2003]
eBay and the ID thieves
News Vexing the issue further is the fact that eBay is sending out its own share of legitimate appeals, urging some users whose accounts have been tampered with to change their passwords. Once a con artist has commandeered an account, the process of... [22 Nov 2002]
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