Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:35:13 -0500 From: Bob Frankston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: EMail Scams and the FBI To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It�s 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 RIAA�s 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 haven�t 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 don�t 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 something�is 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 today�s policing focused the loudest fears rather than pervasive crime?
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