CHAPTER 16
419S, PHISHERMEN, AND HACKERS—WHO’S PWNING YOU RIGHT NOW

 

Organized crime on the Internet has made a very good living for itself by ripping off the unwary. Traditional con games have made the leap into the computer age, turning what used to be the art of the con into an assembly-line process. On any given day, someone, somewhere, is trying to rip you off, and it all starts with a simple e-mail.

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