These Are Internet's 10 Most Successful Scams
#3.Global Crime Ring Steals $45 Million Using Prepaid Credit Cards
Seven New York City men have been arrested and accused in New York City for their roles in an international cybercrime ring that hacked an unnamed credit card processor for MasterCard, stole prepaid debit cards, and quickly cashed them out in a highly devised process that spread over the globe. The accused comprised a New York ground operation that allegedly withdrew $2.8 million across ATMs across the city as part of a massive cybercrime campaign that resulted in $45 million loss.
#4.Swedish Bank Robbed With Trojan Virus
Customers at leading a Swedish bank, Nordea, received a series of e-mails containing a Trojan virus. Opening the e-mail automatically caused the computer to install the virus, called Haxdoor, on the user's computer. When the customers put in their information, they would get an error message saying the site was down. This message alerted the criminals that the information was entered, and they then used that information on Nordea bank sites. The criminals made away with nearly 8 million Swedish krona.
#5. A Single User steals over $3 million
A single criminal known as “Soldier,” stole about $17,000 a day with malware toolkit called SpyEye. Soldier appeared to have targeted three banks—Chase, Wells Fargo and Bank of America and infected the computers of about 3,500 online customers. In a period of only six months, Soldier managed to collect $3.2 million in stolen money. Soldier sent checks through an accomplice and then those funds were moved to a group of people known as money mules who think they have been recruited to work as payment processing agents for a legitimate business.
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