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Archive for the ‘Fraud’ Category

eBay shill bid scammer convicted:

Minibus man falls foul of consumer protection laws

Paul Barrett, a minibus hire firm boss from Stanley, County Durham, has been convicted of bidding against items he was selling on eBay in order to drive up final prices.…

(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Music ‘piracy’ website founder acquitted of fraud: A man accused of running a sophisticated music piracy website used by more than 200,000 members was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud today.

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

Why Nominet disconnected more than 1,000 sites with no court oversight: “The body responsible for the .uk internet addresses disconnected over 1,200 websites without any oversight from a court. The much-publicised action last month was based only on police assertions about criminal activity on the sites.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

UK police take down fake designer goods sites: “

Del Boys swept out of .co.uk domains

UK police have completed a massive take-down operation, after targeting scam websites selling fake designer goods.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Over 1,200 UK shopping websites shut down: “More than 1,200 illegal internet shopping websites that have made millions of pounds for criminals have been shut down by Scotland Yard in the biggest operation of its kind in Britain.

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

Coppers make fake football sites pay penalty: “

Fans fouled by bogus vendors

The Metropolitan Police’s e-crime unit has taken out about 100 websites which claimed to be selling tickets for Premier League football matches.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

The top ten online scams Amir Orad, the executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of the online security specialist Actimize, is a leading expert on financial crime, cyber security, payments and authentication.

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

Four million British identities are up for sale on the internet: “The identities of more than four million Britons are being offered for sale on the internet, The Times has learnt.“

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

eBay not liable for L’Oreal fakes sold in UK: “Ebay won another important legal victory this morning when the High Court
ruled the internet auction group is not legally accountable for the sale of
counterfeit L’Oreal cosmetics on its UK website.”

(Via Law News from Times Online.)

Internet auction fraudster jailed: “A man who conned eBay customers of £23,500 worth of goods they did not receive is jailed for two years.”

(Via BBC News.)