PC World: Connecticut Man Sentenced for E-card Scam
“Thomas Taylor Jr., of West Haven, Connecticut, and his colleagues spammed thousands of AOL subscribers with e-mails that purported to include electronic greeting cards from sites including Hallmark.com and Bluemountain.com. When people tried to view the cards, their computers became infected with a Trojan that prevented them from accessing AOL unless they entered information including their names, addresses, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and bank account numbers.”
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