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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 2003-09-23
Aleph_null
the term "phishing" could be used a lot of different ways. I have heard it used in this context. All of the AOL vb programs made around 95-97 had cc phisher options on them (this being the first place I came across the term)....

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