otforme (Charlie Self) wrote in message ...

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Because the feds have other things to spend our money on.

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/orego...nt_page/109896
512934940.xml

You'll probably need to enter your zip and age and gender to read the article.

It's almost funny, but mostly a bit frightening.


On a related note, supposedly Al Quaida and other clandestine paramilitary
groups make money from various forms of online fraud including identity
theft and sale of knockoff merchandise through front orgainizations.

That may explain why the FBI finally took an interest in phishing about
two years ago--after ignoring complaints for 5-6 years previously.

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FF