Bank net scam man no longer gone phishing
(4 May 2004 – UK) Police in the UK have arrested a 21 year old man responsible for setting up hoax bank websites in a bid to steal online banking customers’ bank and credit card details.
The scam, which involves sending out emails to customers asking them to supply their bank details at sham websites, has become known as "phishing", and has affected customers in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand.
However, the UK’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit said the arrested man was a "copy cat phisher" and was not connected to the organised crime groups that have plagued banks across the globe, most of whom are thought to come from the US and China.
In this case, the man was caught after attempting to steal the bank details of UK internet bank, Smile, which is operated by the Co-Operative Bank.
The bank, for its part, claimed only a handful of its half a million of its customers had actually supplied their details at the fake website, and that nobody had lost any money.
However, the UK’s National Hi-Tech Crime Unit said the arrested man was a "copy cat phisher" and was not connected to the organised crime groups that have plagued banks across the globe, most of whom are thought to come from the US and China.
In this case, the man was caught after attempting to steal the bank details of UK internet bank, Smile, which is operated by the Co-Operative Bank.
The bank, for its part, claimed only a handful of its half a million of its customers had actually supplied their details at the fake website, and that nobody had lost any money.
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