What gets me is how many of you folks have had credit-card woes, but apparently mobsters can somehow manage to steal $230 million in these circumstances (read the whole article!) with no mention of any chargeback problems at all. Weird... JMR
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48128-2003Mar18?language=printer> Porn Site Bilked Users Out of $230M By COLLEEN DEBAISE The Associated Press Tuesday, March 18, 2003; 5:50 PM A mobster, two executives and five companies bilked Internet users out of $230 million by running bogus "free tours" of adult entertainment Web sites, federal authorities charged Tuesday. Thousands of users who thought they were taking a free peek at the sexually explicit material actually were charged $59.99 a month, according to Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf. ...<DMCA-snip>... --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
