Comments on: eBay targets Romanian fraudsters

A common scheme of those hoping to bilk bidders: send e-mails to people who had narrowly lost an auction.

[Dave_IronKey]

Related to Estonian DDoS wars?

I wonder if these are the same people, or types of people, who
are behind the Estonian DDoS wars of the last month or two?

I'm very glad to see eBay and PayPal sharing some of their
success stories publicly. This will help show consumers that the
Internet is not just a totally unpoliceable wild frontier.

Dave
http://www.ironkey.com

[Phillep_H]

Probably not

Out of internet cafes in a poorly wired town? Not enough infrastructure to support it, nor much chance of experienced people. Just a guess.

[durox_cj]

who and where exaclty ?? :D

hi Brett,
for sure, the fight against cybercrime here is not taken that seriously. by far! :) but what i find more disturbing is that all over the news, these reports and actions, seem to have no real target! i mean, this is a very precise 'industry', where you can give names and locations (IPs). we never see/hear these!! only that there are hundreds of arrests in hundreds of locations... but who exactly and where???
let me give you a glimpse of what's going on:
the fight against these hackers is so unorganized and chaotic, that is blows your mind! Pls tell Mr Matt Henley, that they got the wrong people if they were searching in internet cafes :)). For every 100 arrests, they give a name to the public? And what about the location, town, provider? Or, are they arresting guys for downloading mp3s and movies -and then selling them on the black market- charging them with everything the authorities have in mind? :)) Here the outcome of a campaign is not as important as the political campaign of the authorities, trying to ?buy? the votes and popularity, thru mass-media and news. So as long as the population sees on TV that they are working, and they have the americans on their side, it doesn?t really matter who they blame, catch, or arrest! Think about that!
I am not saying that selling downloads mp3s is just fine, I?m just saying that things in romania are not always as the big companies say they are! My main concern is that instead of improving their security, and gaps, they prefer to blame a country or community, with no real evidences, names, towns, etc?