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Accused AOL phisher spammed the FBI
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-09-19

An Ohio woman accused in federal court of using mass forged e-mails from "AOL security" to swindle America Online subscribers out of their credit card numbers was allegedly tracked down after spamming exactly the wrong person: an FBI agent specializing in computer fraud, according to court records.

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Accused AOL Phisher Spammed the FBI 2003-09-20
Anonymous (2 replies)
Accused AOL phisher spammed the FBI 2003-09-20
Anonymous (1 replies)
Accused AOL phisher spammed the FBI 2003-09-23
Anonymous
yea finally, once one of those fbi bastards gets some scam email they get busted. Meanwhile my bulk mail is filling up EVERY DAY, i have to emtpy it constantly w/ scams and fake virii claiming to be microsoft patches. Why dont they start helping out the common joe schmoe when shit like this happens, oh no, only when it happens to an almighty godly fbi agent. bullshit.

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