In article ,
Lee Gordon wrote:
Even in the U.S. I'm not sure what crime it is, **IF ANY**, to trick
somebody
into revealing 'sensitive' account information. 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.

Sure sounds like fraud to me.

"Fraud", 'bunco', etc. almost invariably require that the victim have
had something "taken" from them -- something that they thereby _no_longer_
_have_the_use_of_. "

Information theft -- where material is 'merely' "copied" -- is a "different
kettle of fish".

*IF* the information is provided 'voluntarily', it's hard to argue that it
was 'stolen'.

"Deception" to cause someone to disclose information, is relatively uncharted
waters.