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Re: [LUG] Fwd: Microsoft scam man is sentenced

 

On 1 April 2014 06:08:38 GMT+01:00, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 31/03/14 21:33, Kevin Peat wrote:

While I am sure his victims are a bit p*ssed off at being conned, and he
certainly deserved to be prosecuted, he didn't really hurt anyone and
the money amounts involved are small so his sentence seems fair.

Don't be fooled into thinking that because each individual only loses a
small amount this is not serious crime.

Just go see how many people are seeing the same scam being worked.

Personally never been called, and fairly sure there is a fair bit of
targeting to identify the most gullible, since some more gullible
friends seem to get a lot of such calls.

As Bad Apple suggests if the punishment doesn't actually deter, then
they won't even stop doing it. Much as I dislike jail time since it
costs tax payer money to keep people in jail, I think either jail time,
or simply asset recover programme, and leave the person basically
penniless. We need to make sure fraud doesn't pay.


This isn't a serious crime. It's a fairly minor fraud at the end of the day.

In a practical sense what this guy did isn't much different to PC World selling people crap like Norton etc. with a new PC, which then acts like a bit of malware when you want to get rid of it.

Kevin
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