38 Scammers Charged In Global Crime Ring

Greg Garraway
3/18/11
Blog #8
7:57pm

38 Scammers Charged In Global Crime Ring
The article I chose was about 38 scammers getting charged for theft of personal and identifying information over the internet due to a phishing scam run by a global crime ring. The based crime was set in Romania. The scammers tricked thousands of internet users into handling over personal information, such as names, credit card data and social security information. Over millions of dollars were stolen due to the phishing. Going to the US even the scammers can be found, " in Connecticut, seven Romanians were accused of tricking consumers out of personal information by enticing them to visit a bogus site that appeared to be from the web site of several legitimate financial institutions, including Citibank, Wells Fargo and PayPal. The seven Romanians -- two of which were involved in the Los Angeles scam -- were indicted in January with fraud and identity theft charges, which were released last week."
Analysis: This article shows how there are many ways crime is being spread now through the internet is the new age of crime. This type of crime seems to be spreading and is easier to accomplish now with new technology and the developing ways to attain money from innocent people. This is a global issue and needs to be more focused on as crime is continuing to


http://www.crn.com/news/security/207801067/38-scammers-charged-in-global-crime-ring.htm;jsessionid=aoM0WkXSZUfHH+uB6qsTww**.ecappj01