[PLUG] Is this a scam?
Michael Rasmussen
mikeraz at patch.com
Tue Feb 3 11:03:01 UTC 2004
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 10:45:53AM -0800, Scott Van Hoosen wrote:
>
> Any of you security experts have any thoughts on this? If it is a scam,
> it looks like a lot of effort was put into it.
A lot less effort than paying speed freaks to piece together shredded documents
to get SSNs from people.
Since the NY Times wants $2.95 for an electronic repint of the article I
suggest you visit http://www.multcolib.org/ click sequence
Electronic Resources
Databases A-Z
N
New York Times (library card number required)
and Search for
dumpster diving identity
The story covers a guy who worked out of Eugene and paid speed freaks to
piece together shredded tax returns to glean identity information. They found
the process interesting...
--
Michael Rasmussen aka mikeraz
Be appropriate && Follow your curiosity
http://www.patch.com/ http://meme.patch.com/
Get Fixed: http://www.dampfixie.org
The fortune cookie says:
In Pocataligo, Georgia, it is a violation for a woman over 200 pounds
and attired in shorts to pilot or ride in an airplane.
More information about the PLUG
mailing list