Microsoft Helps Put Phisher in Prison

Iria · Jun 25, 2006, 01:54 AM

Source: BetaNews
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Microsoft's Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative has netted its first criminal: 23 year-old Jayson Harris from Davenport, Iowa was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $57,000 to victims for a phishing scheme perpetrated in in 2003 and 2004.

Harris created a fraudulent MSN billing Web site and sent notices to MSN customers instructing them to update their account and billing information. Harris claimed that customers would receive a 50 percent discount off their next bill for updating their credit card data, which was then transmitted to an e-mail account.

Buddahpest · Jun 25, 2006, 02:46 AM

Good. I hope he is befriended by a guy named Bubba while he is in jail.

ChrisW · Jun 25, 2006, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddahpest

Good. I hope he is befriended by a guy named Bubba while he is in jail.

My thoughts exactly.

Jun 25, 2006, 01:54 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Microsoft Helps Put Phisher in Prison Source: BetaNews __________ Microsoft's Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative has netted its first criminal: 23 year-old Jayson Harris from Davenport, Iowa was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered to pay $57,000 to victims for a phishing scheme perpetrated in in 2003 and 2004. Harris created a fraudulent MSN billing Web site and sent notices to MSN customers instructing them to update their account and billing information. Harris claimed that customers would receive a 50 percent discount off their next bill for updating their credit card data, which was then transmitted to an e-mail account.

Jun 25, 2006, 02:46 AM	#2
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