Japanese Teen Charged for Phishing

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via Yahoo! News (AFP).

[snip]

Japanese police said they had arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of fraud after he allegedly used the Internet to 
steal personal details in Japan's first case of phishing involving a minor.

The boy allegedly threatened people, mainly young girls, so they would send him naked photos of themselves after he had 
already obtained their identification details and other personal information, local media said.

Police sent papers to prosecutors charging the boy in the central city of Nagoya after he allegedly stole the IDs of 94 
people by creating a website disguised as a popular Internet game site, police said.

He allegedly led them to type in personal information such as their names and e-mail addresses, they said.

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More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060530/tc_afp/japaninternetcrime

- ferg


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