Mail from the (Velvet) Cybercrime Underground

TheKid7 · Jul 30, 2013

Mail from the (Velvet) Cybercrime Underground:

Over the past six months, “fans” of this Web site and its author have shown their affection in some curious ways. One called in a phony hostage situation that resulted in a dozen heavily armed police surrounding my home. Another opened a $20,000 new line of credit in my name. Others sent more than $1,000 in bogus PayPal donations from hacked accounts. Still more admirers paid my cable bill for the next three years using stolen credit cards. Malware authors have even used my name and likeness to peddle their wares.

But the most recent attempt to embarrass and fluster this author easily takes the cake as the most elaborate: Earlier this month, the administrator of an exclusive cybercrime forum hatched and executed a plan to purchase heroin, have it mailed to my home, and then spoof a phone call from one of my neighbors alerting the local police. Thankfully, I had already established a presence on his forum and was able to monitor the scam in real time and alert my local police well in advance of the delivery...........
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ZeroDay · Jul 30, 2013

That's absolutely terrifying that someone would do that just to set someone else up, these guys know no limits. Thanks for the share.

J_L · Jul 31, 2013

Amazing detective work, I'm impressed. Wonder what the legal implications are for opening a heroin packet without prior notification.

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