The Register is reporting on an interesting fraud mechanism. They managed to convince<\/a> a telephone company in the USA that a phone line was faulty and to redirect it to their prepaid cellphones. Then they took orders requiring credit card numbers. And used the numbers elsewhere. Apparently it was a rather successful operation.<\/p>\n
Given that Pluto may not be a planet any more, there was a competition to help people remember the order of the planets. The winners were… “My! Very educated morons just screwed up numerous planetariums” and “Many Very Earnest Men Just Snubbed Unfortunate Ninth Planet”. Quite funny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Register is reporting on an interesting fraud mechanism. They managed to convince a telephone company in the USA that a phone line was faulty and to redirect it to their prepaid cellphones. Then they took orders requiring credit card …<\/p>\n