Neowin News Feed for: Fraudsters

Fraudsters Use Charities Before Selling Stolen Credit Cards

Slimy — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:44:08 +0100

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Internet security company Symantec claims that Internet fraudsters are donating money to charities as a way to check the validity of stolen credit cards prior to resale. Unfortunately, Symantec doesn't have any figures to indicate... Read more...

£300k eBay Fraudsters Sentenced

Howard Thomson — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:35:36 +0100

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A cell of three Romanian fraudsters have been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud by deception and money laundering. The trio were sentenced in Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court, UK, after... Read more...

ATM crime makes fraudsters $2.75bn

TheSarge — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:55:15 +0100

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More than three million US consumers fell victim to bank fraud in the past year, with some $2.75bn being lost through ATMs. Many of their account numbers and PINs were gained over the internet, using... Read more...

Fraudsters busted in internet scam

Darren Bolton — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:39:24 +0000

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Big banks conned big time in dodgy loan and credit card applications Six fraudsters were jailed for a total of 15 years after the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) uncovered their... Read more...