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Time For Phisher To Do Time
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-05-24
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A 21-year-old man from Iowa named Jayson Harris was sentenced to 21 months in prison for perpetrating a phishing scam against subscribers of MSN.
Harris, who used to work at Blockbuster, has also been ordered to repay $57,000 for his phishing habits.
The scam was a textbook phishing example, in which Harris would send MSN subscribers emails directing them to a fake site where he would steal their info. According to VNUNet,
Using a computer at his grandfather's house to launch the attack, Harris built an 'identikit' version of the real MSN site in an attempt to fool users into thinking they were entering their sensitive data safely.
Working with the FBI, security officials at Microsoft tracked Harris by following an electronic trail which reached as far as Austria.
Harris pled guilty to fraud and wire fraud at the end of last year.
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Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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