Police swoop on 300 email scammers

daRk_heLmet · Jul 24, 2005, 11:45 PM

Spanish police have carried out a mass raid on email scammers, arresting over 300 people at 166 locations.

The raids were part of a joint operation with the FBI and netted 2,000 mobile phones, 327 computers, 165 fax machines and €218,000 in cash.

The scammers are thought to have robbed over 20,000 victims in 45 countries including the UK, US, France, Germany, Australia and Japan.
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Lakevren · Jul 25, 2005, 05:16 AM

Thank god.

I was getting like 3 different paypal scams

and like 10 credit card scams... none of which I've ever signed up for.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 25, 2005, 07:02 AM

fynu thing is they wait intill they have enough to make big headlines before they act...

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The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	fynu thing is they wait intill they have enough to make big headlines before they act... __________________