Interesting Plan B: Extorting money from plebs on internet

[PAH]

BBC News - FBI targets cyber security scammers

A gang that made more than $72m (£45m) peddling fake security software has been shut down in a series of raids.

The money was made by selling software that claimed to find security risks on PCs and then asked for cash to fix the non-existent problems.
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Once the ads started running, the pair are alleged to have changed them to install fake security software on victims' machines that mimicked infection by a virus. On payment of a fee the so-called infection was cured. Those that did not pay found their machine was unusable until they handed over cash.

Looks like a great idea. Not sure it's actually breaking any laws either, other than perhaps denial of internet service from the mugs who got infected until they paid up. The clever bit is denying the victims access to the internet so they can't find out it's a scam, or how to remove/fix the issue themselves.

[DaveB]

BBC News - FBI targets cyber security scammers




Looks like a great idea. Not sure it's actually breaking any laws either, other than perhaps denial of internet service from the mugs who got infected until they paid up. The clever bit is denying the victims access to the internet so they can't find out it's a scam, or how to remove/fix the issue themselves.

Fraud, Computer Misue, Wire-Fraud (US), Criminal Damage, Extortion.....

[Mason Boyne]

Forget the fact that the crime involves computers. It's a simple case of deception.

[PAH]

I can't see how it's much different from someone having their homepage set to a specific search engine that only gives them the results it wants to give them.

This lot are getting harrassed because they found plenty of people mug enough to pay them to go away.

[DaveB]

I can't see how it's much different from someone having their homepage set to a specific search engine that only gives them the results it wants to give them.

This lot are getting harrassed because they found plenty of people mug enough to pay them to go away.

Best give the FBI a call and tell them they've screwed up then.

[Spacecadet]

Forget the fact that the crime involves computers. It's a simple case of deception.

Did you get your money back in the end?

[Mason Boyne]

Did you get your money back in the end?

Yes thanks, and thanks for the refund. Glad there's no hard feelings and it's not your fault that your wife is a crap shag.

[Spacecadet]

Yes thanks, and thanks for the refund. Glad there's no hard feelings and it's not your fault that your wife is a crap shag.

Apparently it's difficult to put the effort in when you're struggling to stop yourself from vomiting.
And how something that small could have so much fungal growth was, in her words, a modern medical marvel

[Mason Boyne]

Apparently it's difficult to put the effort in when you're struggling to stop yourself from vomiting.
And how something that small could have so much fungal growth was, in her words, a modern medical marvel

Still, better than what she comes home to every night, eh?

[Spacecadet]

Still, better than what she comes home to every night, eh?

I think you're mistaking her for someone who gets turned on at the sight of a grown man sucking his thumb whilst applying a cheese grater to his genitals