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GERMANY ARRESTS RING OF CYBER IDENTITY THIEVES BERLIN:

German police have arrested seven members of an international gang of so-called "phishers", who hacked into computers of internet banking customers and raided their accounts, authorities said.
Ref. https://www.stuff.co.nz/hlc/1,,93498~3628429a28~,00.html

Phishers

Thank goodness, one less person trying to steal from me is a good thing. I really hate phishers, finding ways to get into your money no matter how safe it seems. To find seven of them is a huge bust. Usually they only find one or two, but a large portion of this internet gang is awesome.

Phishers History & Civil Business Politics

Beware of tax refund 'phishing' scams

https://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/04/1...hing/index.html

This isn't really news as these types of scams occur frequently during tax-time here in the US. It's always good though, to be aware of them, as people are eagerly anticipating their tax refunds, etc.

Phishers

I knew what this was about, but I hadn't up to this point known why they were called Phishers.

Offtopic but, There is a musical group up here called Phish, I wondered if there was a connection! :laughs:

On a serious note -- This just sickens me. I abhor dishonesty! I don't know how off-topic this is, but -- why don't more people have better anti-virus software on their computers? They KNOW these people are doing such bad things. Why? I am like Fort Knox here sometimes I think!