06-10-2006, 10:50 AM
Quote:The FTP server, which identified itself as "Chupala" (more on that later), displays the following message:
READ THIS CAREFULLY!!
THIS IS THE 1st AND ONLY WARNING
*REMEMBER NO MAILERS .of any kind
(AND/OR) BANK SCAMS ALLOWED!
*ONLY eBay and Paypal SCAMS IN HERE!
*UR ACCT WILL BE SUSPENDED IF UR CAUGHT!
That's not all that will get suspended if you get caught, I thought. When I got done laughing at the prospect of a scam site posting an acceptable-use policy, it occurred to me that this whole site may be part of a "phishing kit." These kits are prepackaged sets of fake bank or e-commerce Web pages, often sold on underground Internet relay chat channels that cater to online fraudsters who want to get scams up and running with little or no effort.
full article: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityf...nd_pa.html
