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recent bookmarks from jmAn Analysis of Reshipping Mule Scams2015-11-11T17:33:37+00:00
https://www.benthamsgaze.org/2015/10/27/an-analysis-of-reshipping-mule-scams/
jmWe observed that the vast majority of the re-shipped packages end up in the Moscow, Russia area, and that the goods purchased with stolen credit cards span multiple categories, from expensive electronics such as Apple products, to designer clothes, to DSLR cameras and even weapon accessories. Given the amount of goods shipped by the reshipping mule sites that we analysed, the annual revenue generated from such operations can span between 1.8 and 7.3 million US dollars. The overall losses are much higher though: the online merchant loses an expensive item from its inventory and typically has to refund the owner of the stolen credit card. In addition, the rogue goods typically travel labeled as “second hand goods” and therefore custom taxes are also evaded. Once the items purchased with stolen credit cards reach their destination they will be sold on the black market by cybercriminals. [...] When applying for the job, people are usually required to send the operator copies of their ID cards and passport. After they are hired, mules are promised to be paid at the end of their first month of employment. However, from our data it is clear that mules are usually never paid. After their first month expires, they are never contacted back by the operator, who just moves on and hires new mules. In other words, the mules become victims of this scam themselves, by never seeing a penny. Moreover, because they sent copies of their documents to the criminals, mules can potentially become victims of identity theft.
]]>crime law cybercrime mules shipping-scams identity-theft russia moscow scams papershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:e6225b4098e9/Some UX Dark Patterns now illegal in the EU2014-09-01T15:18:11+00:00
http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2014/08/26/some-dark-patterns-now-illegal-in-uk-interview-with-heather-burns/
jmThe EU’s new consumer rights law bans certain dark patterns related to e-commerce across Europe. The “sneak into basket” pattern is now illegal. Full stop, end of story. You cannot create a situation where additional items and services are added by default. [...]
Hidden costs are now illegal, whether that’s an undeclared subscription, extra shipping charges, or extra items. [....]
Forced continuity, when imposed on the user as a form of bait-and-switch, has been banned. Just the other day a web designer mentioned to me that he had only just discovered he had been charged for four years of annual membership dues in a “theme club”, having bought what he thought was a one-off theme. Since he lives in Europe, he may be able to claim all of this money back. All he needs to do is prove that the website did not inform him that the purchase included a membership with recurring payments.
]]>design europe law ecommerce ux dark-patterns scams ryanair selling online consumer consumer-rights bait-and-switchhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:jm/b:eb827a186477/McGarr Solicitors' sternly-worded letter to Newspaper Licencing Ireland Ltd2012-05-10T20:49:30+00:00
http://www.mcgarrsolicitors.ie/2012/05/10/newspaper-licencing-ireland-ltd-asks-womens-aid-for-money-to-link-to-newspaper-websites/
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