The mastermind of a carding gang in the US state of Georgia devised a novel way for weeding out undercover Feds from his operation — he forced members to have group sex, according to a local police detective who helped bust the ring. More »
This week is International Fraud Awareness Week, and there’s no better time to brush up on your skills to make sure you don’t fall for online trickery designed to fleece you or convince you to give up sensitive personal information. Here are some tips to stay safe. More »
Kickstarter’s great! People with neat ideas can show off their concept, win over online backers, and move their brain gems into the real world. Or, they can plagiarise someone else’s cool idea and earn money (and an award). Uhhh. More »
Paula Bonhomme spent two years of her life in an online relationship with a man she thought was named Jesse Jubilee James. But after he suddenly died she found out James was actually a woman named Janna St James. And all of Jesse James’ friends who Paula had interacted with? Also fake and played by Janna. Above is a video of Janna confronted by Bonhomme’s friends. Meow! More »
Even if you don’t play online poker, you’ve undoubtedly seen ads for Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker, three of the bigger online gambling sites around. Guess what? They’ve all been charged with tricking banks into processing illegal gambling dollars. [Reuters]
Arcade technician and programmer Marvin Wimberly probably thought he had the perfect plan: install a virus to disable a series of those loud and annoying Whack-A-Mole games popular with kids and get paid to fix them when they break. More »
