DoctorDoom
07-31-2007, 05:03 PM
The past few years have seen an increase in eBay and phishing scams out of Romania. Our resident scambusters have privately been tracking one operation in particular -- a group of young Romanians that have been scamming people around the world for thousands of dollars over the past year.
The scammers hack machines for use as eBay phishing hosts, then use the acquired Paypal accounts and passwords to buy expensive items on eBay. The phishing efforts also net them plenty of eBay accounts, which are then used to hold bogus online auctions.
By tracking a number of these scams over the past year, our users were able to identify a major young Romanian phisher and scammer named Ghiuri Simionescu. That's him at the right, chilling out with his dad after a hard day ripping people off. Our resident scambusters also managed to identify a Romanian friend of his living in Spain named "Florin."Let's Meet a Romanian eBay Scammer (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Lets-Meet-a-Romanian-eBay-Scammer-86251?brk=8)
He's a really nice kid, that one. He and daddy need a reëducation of the kind that the commies used to deliver in Romania.
The scammers hack machines for use as eBay phishing hosts, then use the acquired Paypal accounts and passwords to buy expensive items on eBay. The phishing efforts also net them plenty of eBay accounts, which are then used to hold bogus online auctions.
By tracking a number of these scams over the past year, our users were able to identify a major young Romanian phisher and scammer named Ghiuri Simionescu. That's him at the right, chilling out with his dad after a hard day ripping people off. Our resident scambusters also managed to identify a Romanian friend of his living in Spain named "Florin."Let's Meet a Romanian eBay Scammer (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Lets-Meet-a-Romanian-eBay-Scammer-86251?brk=8)
He's a really nice kid, that one. He and daddy need a reëducation of the kind that the commies used to deliver in Romania.