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Wednesday, 8 September 2010
quote [ IT’S easier to steal a million dollars a dollar at a time than a million dollars once. ]
Amazing ingenuity and diligence for thieves. This is a NYT article. If you can't access it, see extended for SO/PW and alternate link.
Alternate link (weirdly formatted):
[by maryyugo@4:51pmGMT] [+4 Interesting] http://www.economywatch.com/in-the-news/credit-cards-micro-fraud-macro-results-07-09.html New York Times sign on: factsuser Password: factsuser Or see http://www.bugmenot.com Or sign up, it's free and I have not gotten junkmail from them but of course who knows who they sell names to? If you can find the same info in the open, let me know and I will change the post. |
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spazm
said @ 5:37pm GMT on 8th Sep
[Score:2 Interesting]
We've had a bank employee over here in the netherlands that skimmed 1 cent from each transaction he handled (this was ±15 years ago I think, pre-digital). Ofcourse nobody noticed that there was 1 cent missing and in total he skimmed about 2 million dollars... until someone did complain about 1 cent. I thought it was quite smart, too bad for him he didn't stop on time. |
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graham
said @ 5:49pm GMT on 8th Sep
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Supreme_Coconut
said @ 8:34pm GMT on 8th Sep
SUPER MAN 3! FINAL ANSWER! |
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maximumtodd
said @ 10:50pm GMT on 8th Sep
Damn, I guessed "Office Space" |
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named i
said @ 2:43am GMT on 9th Sep
"Swordfish?" |
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maryyugo
said @ 6:07pm GMT on 8th Sep
I sort of remember that. The internet seems to make everything bigger and better. |
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remiq
said @ 10:17pm GMT on 8th Sep
2,000,000.00$? 0.01$ per transaction? How many transaction he handled daily? |
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Sean
said @ 2:36am GMT on 9th Sep
If he handled one transaction per minute, 60 minutes per hour, 8 hours per day, five days per week without breaks or vacations or days off, it would take him around 200 years and four months. |
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f00m@nB@r
said @ 2:45pm GMT on 9th Sep
Now that's patience! |
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atter_cob
said @ 6:49pm GMT on 8th Sep
"Most of the fraudulent charges that appeared on victims’ statements were for $9, but at different times, charges of just 20 cents were favored, Mr. Wernikoff said. Maybe the scammers should have stuck with $9: “There were more complaints about the 20-cent charges because they looked really odd,” he said." Oh thanks for the good advice! |
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