26 Fake Bank websites Grind To a Halt

Just thought I'd pass along a bit of news after the Artists Against 419 14th Flashmob over Valentines day. So far 26 fake web sites are now out of service. Whether or not they stay that way depends on the tenacity of the criminals behind them, but at least for a little while they are safe. Quite a few were eventually closed by the legitimate companies that host these websites, which is always the best solution, but there are some which appear to have exhausted their bandwidth Quota which may mean they will be back up and running next month.

The targetted websites were not all Banking or financial sites, there were fake sites for lotteries, couriers and lawyers.


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