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Woodchuck Bill wrote:
(Robert Bonomi) wrote in
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Even in the U.S. I'm not sure what crime it is, **IF ANY**, to
trick somebody into revealing 'sensitive' account information.

Isn't unsolicited, commercial spam e-mail considered a crime in some
jurisdictions now?

for 'unsolicited, commercial spam e-mail',_in_and_of_itself_, the answer
is "No". It may be an actionable 'civil tort', however.

Sending email _can_ be a criminal offense, if there are specific
characteristics of that message that meet other specifictions in law.

To
-use- that information once you have it is definitely a crime --
any of several sorts, depending on the use to which that
information was put.

Yeah, but by that time the crooks can be in the clear...leaving only a
very blurry, multi-offshore-jurisdiction trail behind.

Yuppers. tracing back to the perps _is_ a problem.