Californian student to appear in court on eBay phishing charges
Published March 9th, 2006
A Californian college student is scheduled to appear in court today in connection with a phishing campaign which is alleged to have tried to steal personal information from 30,000 people.
20-year-old Ali Shekarfroush, of Riverside Community College in California, was arrested on Tuesday 7 March at the University Village theater in Riverside. According to a news release by the Riverside County Sherriff’s Department the arrest was a result of a 14 month investigation by its high-tech crime taskforce.
It is claimed that Shekarfroush sent emails posing as messages from the online auction website eBay, directing recipients to a bogus website in an attempt to steal credentials.
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