AOL Suits Seek $18M From 'Phishing' Rings

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

(AP) via Yahoo! News.

[snip]

America Online is taking advantage of a first-of-its-kind anti-"phishing" law in Virginia to sue three international 
groups that allegedly stole information from unsuspecting AOL users by sending e-mail that appeared to be legitimate 
messages from the company.

AOL's three lawsuits, filed Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., seek $18 million for the unit of Time Warner 
Inc.

The suits allege that the 30 phishers, who have not yet been identified by name, violated the 2005 Virginia 
anti-phishing act, which covers AOL because it is based in Dulles, Va. The suits also cite federal computer fraud law 
and the Lanham Act, which protects trademarks.

[snip]

More:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060228/ap_on_hi_te/aol_phishing_lawsuits

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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