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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romanian phishing busts were years in the making]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/e7e66e2f4c7b7a23e23683aca6d564d7</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation spent years laying the groundwork for an investigation that led to the arrest of dozens of people involved in illegal phishing scams operated from Romania and...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation spent years laying the groundwork for an investigation that led to the arrest of dozens of people involved in illegal phishing scams operated from Romania and the U.S., a senior FBI official said Friday.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/091208-romanian-phishing-busts-were-years.html?fsrc=rss-security">Romanian phishing busts were years in the making</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Easy Google Income]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/78a5400adaadfa51b7dc44e905a348a8</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Here's an interesting piece of spam trying to cash in on the Google name that could wind up being quite costly for anyone willing to take a chance and see what it's all about. This was sent to one of...]]></description>
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        Here's an interesting piece of spam trying to cash in on the Google name that could wind up being quite costly for anyone willing to take a chance and see what it's all about. This was sent to one of my friends:<br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer0.html" onclick="window.open('http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer0.html','popup','width=537,height=530,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer0-thumb-337x332.jpg" alt="goffer0.jpg" class="mt-image-none" style="" height="332" width="337" /></a></span><br /> </div><div><div align="center"><br />Click to Enlarge<br /></div><br />Is it a good thing or a bad thing that the office is based in the West Indies and to unsubscribe your email goes to Romania? At any rate, they don't seem to <a href="http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer1.jpg">want my patronage</a> - unfortunately, I'm not particularly interested in free iPods or a Nintendo Wii so a few clicks later and I'm where I should be:<br /><br /><div align="center"><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><a href="http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer2.html" onclick="window.open('http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer2.html','popup','width=878,height=697,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false"><img src="http://blog.spywareguide.com/images/goffer2-thumb-378x300.jpg" alt="goffer2.jpg" class="mt-image-none" style="" height="300" width="378" /></a></span><br /></div></div><div><div align="center"><br />Click to Enlarge<br /></div><br />At the bottom of the page, it says <i>"Google does not sponsor, endorse, and is no way affiliated with Easy Net Income or this promotion."</i><br /><br />Well, they could have fooled me what with all the Google material they've splashed across the site. The quote in the box is interesting, too: <i>"Riches range from a few hundred dollars a month to $50,000 or more a year".</i><br /><br />Go hunting on USA Today though, and the quote doesn't have anything to do with something called "Easy Google Income" - it's to do with <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-03-10-google-ads-usat_x.htm">Adsense</a>. Bits missing have been reinserted and bolded:<br /><br />"<b>Tales of AdSense</b> riches range from a few hundred dollars a month to
$50,000 or more a year, <b>though high-dollar paydays are rare. They
require a Web site with tons of traffic and the ability to put in
18-hour days working the system</b>.<br /><br />I think the missing parts are kind of important, don't you? Of course, the CD title clearly makes you think you're going to get some mysterious money magnet, but stops short of telling you whether it would be a program, ebook or magical leprechaun.<br /><br />In fact, what happens is you apparently sign up for the CD at the cost of subscribing yourself to some kind of "free trial" - at the end of which, you have to pay $39.90 a month for access to training courses to "Internet Wealth University" (I swear I'm not making this up). There's also an "activation fee" charged immediately to the card you subscribe with, though I'm guessing you only enter your details once you've entered your name / address and moved onto the second page (which I'm not about to do, in case you were wondering).<br /><br />Internet Wealth University must have an awful lot of poor students, going by the problems people are having <a href="http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/356/RipOff0356749.htm">unsubscribing</a>.<br /><br /><i>"When you try to call the company, you get an automated answering system
that tells you all representatives are busy and then puts you on
hold-forever, or they disconnect you after 5 minutes!"</i><br /><br />Indeed, there's quite a lot of people <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080630072422AA4Irmi">wondering</a> what this is all about, including the <a href="http://www.friendsinbusiness.com/board1/index.cgi/noframes/read/136859">inevitable concern</a> over <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080419232112AAh35aR">billing issues</a>.<br /><br />Our advice? Steer well clear. There is a lot of money up for grabs here, but it's all being netted by the people running these websites. Their customers don't appear to be so lucky...<br /><br /></div>
        
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://blog.spywareguide.com/2008/07/easy-google-income.html">Easy Google Income</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Losses likely to rise from latest Romanian crime ring]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/65ae79a1ed1a70d914c1dbf77b53b0f0</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The losses caused by a cybercrime ring broken up on Tuesday by Romania could reach into the millions of euros, an official with the General Inspectorate of the Romanian National Police said on...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The losses caused by a cybercrime ring broken up on Tuesday by Romania could reach into the millions of euros, an official with the General Inspectorate of the Romanian National Police said on Thursday.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071708-losses-likely-to-rise-from.html?fsrc=rss-security">Losses likely to rise from latest Romanian crime ring</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Romainian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/3234826f350ed8284a974c9d9cccb3eb</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Authorities have arrested more than 20 people in Romania who are suspected of running online fraud schemes, according to media...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Authorities have arrested more than 20 people in Romania who are suspected of running online fraud schemes, according to media reports.<p><A href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/idg.us.nwf.rss/security;sz=468x60;ord=71354?">
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071608-romainian-authorities-arrest-cybercrime.html?fsrc=rss-security">Romainian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Police bust phishing super-gang]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/46f0abd879655e77f14c1396addd2e8d</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Police in the U.S. and Romania have arrested 38 people accused of running one of the most sophisticated international phishing operations ever...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Police in the U.S. and Romania have arrested 38 people accused of running one of the most sophisticated international phishing operations ever uncovered.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/052208-police-bust-phishing.html?fsrc=rss-security">Police bust phishing super-gang</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[38 in U.S., Romania charged in phishing schemes]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/ecefd099e298a72a255a0320f9e7375e</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. authorities have charged 38 people in the U.S. and Romania in two related phishing...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[U.S. authorities have charged 38 people in the U.S. and Romania in two related phishing schemes.
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/Security/News/~3/293596699/article.do">38 in U.S., Romania charged in phishing schemes</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[38 in US, Romania charged in phishing schemes]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/32b62f50630635090b5124c07ae38939</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two indictments alleging they used complicated Internet phishing schemes to steal thousands of credit and debit card numbers, U.S. and...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two indictments alleging they used complicated Internet phishing schemes to steal thousands of credit and debit card numbers, U.S. and Romanian authorities announced Monday.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/051908-38-in-us-romania-charged.html?fsrc=rss-security">38 in US, Romania charged in phishing schemes</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bush Push for NATO Missile Defense]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At a 26-nation military summit in Romania, President Bush pushes for NATO to endorse a missile defense system for Europe that Russia has...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At a 26-nation military summit in Romania, President Bush pushes for NATO to endorse a missile defense system for Europe that Russia has opposed.<br style="clear: both;"/>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Privacy International's 2007 Report]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/737c7333dbc7fe64ca8d7261b637ac94</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2007 International Privacy Ranking
Canada comes in first . Individual privacy is best protected in Canada but under threat in the United States and the European Union as governments introduce...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-559597">The 2007 International Privacy Ranking</a>.</p>

<p>Canada <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071229.wprivacy1229/BNStory/International/home">comes in first</a>.</p>

<blockquote>Individual privacy is best protected in Canada but under threat in the United States and the European Union as governments introduce sweeping surveillance and information-gathering measures in the name of security and border control, an international rights group said in a report released Saturday.

<p>Canada, Greece and Romania had the best privacy records of 47 countries surveyed by London-based watchdog Privacy International. Malaysia, Russia and China were ranked worst.</p>

<p>Both Britain and the United States fell into the lowest-performing group of "endemic surveillance societies."</blockquote> </p><div class="feedflare">
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/privacy_interna_1.html">Privacy International's 2007 Report</source>
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      <title><![CDATA[Off the wire: eBay goes to Romania to fight fraud]]></title>
      <link>http://securityratty.com/article/b992fddb3c16c3a357adfd555db86ffb</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The country is the top source of organized scams on the auction site. The company has sent over equipment and a team to help the authorities...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The country is the top source of organized scams on the auction site. The company has sent over equipment and a team to help the authorities there.]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <source url="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/207249155/news.php">Off the wire: eBay goes to Romania to fight fraud</source>
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