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EMail Scams and the FBI -- darned good question jdf
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:52:32 -0500
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:35:13 -0500 From: Bob Frankston <rmfxixB1 () bobf frankston com> Subject: EMail Scams and the FBI To: dave () farber netIts interesting see Microsoft and SCO offering a reward of $500,000 between them to track down the creators of the latest pestilence. I wonder how much that compares with the RIAAs budget.
In the meantime there are many email messages being sent that are carefully designed fraudulent letters that try to get people to reveal their financial information and I havent seen any indication of police work to track down those miscreants. I presume it requires international cooperation. Yet all I read about are the attempts to crack down and people who make unauthorized copies of CDs.
I dont want to pick on the music industry in particular, but I wonder why such a lack of focus on people doing direct harm to many people vs those who reduce the profitability of an industry whose skill is PR.
Am I missing somethingis there really a police effort to track down those committing fraud as well as those using email for DDOS attacks? Or is the total budget a half a million dollars spent on reward posters?
Is it like the days when the FBI chose its targets with a keen eye to PR value? Is todays policing focused the loudest fears rather than pervasive crime?
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