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Programmers Arrested For Roles In Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme
10:28AM Rosa Golijan | Jerome O’Hara and George Perez were more than happy to generate false records concealing Bernard Madoff’s ridiculous Ponzi scheme until the shit hit the fan. They got hush money at that point, but I doubt that’ll comfort them in prison. More »
Phones
Do Verizon Phones Have Intentional Design “Flaws” That Scam You?
8:53AM Sean Fallon | Have you ever been hit with a $US1.99 data charge on your Verizon bill for accidentally hitting a button that connects you to “Get It Now” or “Mobile Web?” This design “flaw” might be netting Verizon $US300 million per year. More »
Online
Hello Facebook User, I’m A Nigerian Prince In Need Of Assistance…
2:00AM Don Nguyen | Facebook ad scamming is on the rise, unsurprising for a site gaining a huge user base — what is surprising, if the allegation proves true, is Facebook’s complicity in allowing the dodgy ads. More »
Online
Nigeria Clamping Down On Scammers With Project Eagle Claw
10:00AM Chris Jacob | The awesomely named Project Eagle Claw is an effort to shut down Nigerian email scams and improve the nation’s image. Apparently the initiative is well underway — already officials have made 18 arrests and shut down 800 sites. More »
Online
FBI Chief Is As Internet Savvy As Your Grandparents
10:20AM Sean Fallon | FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed himself as an internet newbie yesterday when he admitted to nearly being duped by an email phishing scam. More »
Online
Gmail, Yahoo Users Also Caught In Web Mail Phishing Scam
12:40AM Danny Allen | As you may have heard, about 10,000 Hotmail passwords were leaked online yesterday, and that list only started with the letters A and B. At that rate, over 100,000 users could have been lured into giving their passwords to fake websites. Now the BBC says it’s seen a list on the same Website that had more than 20,000 email accounts — this time with addresses from Gmail, Yahoo, Comcast, Earthlink and AOL. More »
Random Stuff
Cops Bust Guy Selling Glass Oven Door Disguised As HDTV
8:04PM Danny Allen | Wow, good try. Californian police stopped a man after reports he tried to sell a HDTV at a Wal-Mart parking lot. But it turned out to be a plastic-wrapped glass oven door with Sony and Best Buy stickers. More »
Music
Gang Uses Stolen Credit Cards To Buy Own Music On ITunes, Collects Royalties, Still Not Famous
1:30PM Dan Nosowitz | In what probably seemed like a two-birds-with-one-stone situation (before the arrest, we mean), a 9-member British gang used stolen credit cards to purchase their own music on iTunes and Amazon, then collected the royalties—an estimated $US300,000 total. More »
Music
iPod Repairman Scammed Apple out of 9,000 Shuffles?
5:40AM Mark Wilson | A Michigan-based iPod repairman has been charged with fraud after allegedly scamming Apple out of 9,000 iPod shuffles. More »
Software
