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RE: [cobalt-users] CyberArmy's redirector server
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] CyberArmy's redirector server
- From: "Sim Ayers" <sim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Aug 19 11:22:06 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Sim Ayers wrote:
>
> >
> > And after contacting the FBI and CIA there's no jurisdiction
> outside of the
> > United States
> > for people using stolen credit cards.
> >
> Last July there was a 'problem' at a major pay via the internet system
> which resulted in over 8000 bucks being charged to my card for
> downloadable software. The FBI informed me that the proper
> agency for this
> type of thing is the Secret Service, since it's considered a form
> of Bank Fraud.
>
> Having traced the perp to an account at a Canadian ISP, I also discovered
> that outside the USA transaction can be a real problem. The Secret
> Service agen in charge of my case did allow, however, that there were
> 'other avenues' available to them.
>
> I checked with him several month ago...and they are a lot closer to
> nailing the perp than they were before.
>
> Good luck...payments via the internet are a risk for both buyer and seller
> alike.
>
> Thom
That's interesting. When I called the FBI and CIA, both agents answering the
telephone were named "agent Johnson", neither of them mentioned contacting
the
Secret Service. I'll have to give them a call.
I've traced a couple of thief's back to an Canadian ISP, which was just
another
IP address redirection using anonymous web surfing from sites
like:
http://www.cyberarmy.com/portal/
http://www.anonymizer.com/
I'm still looking for Raq4 software that monitors
IP address redirection using anonymous web surfing.
-Sim