Extortion is going to be the next wave of cyber crime. I'm convinced of that. Data held hostage, businesses threatened. Its already here actually, its just not at a critical point. I believe that eBay users will be particularly susceptible to this. I would really like to see eBay getting a program in place to educate users on how to best respond to such a situation and a cooperation with businesses to help shut down these folks as soon as possible, while preserving data for law enforcement. I'm thinking it was probably a good move to keep the person online for as long as this person did as long as it was not a direct connection. Makes for more log entries, SHOULD anyone that can do something give a crap. This could ALSO be an attempt to discredit a legitimate site. Whatever, in any case, it stinks.
---------------------------------------------------------------- Just in case ebay removes the thread, here's a copy of the alleged IM: (Its NOT me talking.)
------------------------------------------------------------------- I hope it is ok to post this here. I do not know what to do. This is a copy of an IM (I am QueenVal32) ullahebay [6:49 P.M.]: i guess you dont wnat your ebay business right?
ullahebay [6:49 P.M.]: do you want me to create fake bids and kill it?
ullahebay [6:50 P.M.]: if you not going to help me then i will destroy your ebay business
ullahebay [7:03 P.M.]: ok i will gohead and bid on your items
ullahebay [7:03 P.M.]: if oyu are not going to reply me with in a min
ullahebay [7:07 P.M.]: ok i've bid on your items couple of them
ullahebay [7:07 P.M.]: if i wont get a response from you
ullahebay [7:08 P.M.]: i will bid on your 200 items and make you loose your business at eBay!
QueenVal32 [7:13 P.M.]: WHO ARE YOU??
ullahebay [7:13 P.M.]: i want you to give me all the email addresses that you have in your "sold" file
ullahebay [7:14 P.M.]: if you wont give it to me, i will destroy your ebay business
QueenVal32 [7:14 P.M.]: why would I do that??
ullahebay [7:14 P.M.]: coz i need them to tell them about my new auction site
QueenVal32 [7:14 P.M.]: why don't you just go about things the legit way?
ullahebay [7:15 P.M.]: what way?
ullahebay [7:15 P.M.]: i didnt get that
QueenVal32 [7:16 P.M.]: why do you want my sold file?
ullahebay [7:16 P.M.]: i dont want your sold file
ullahebay [7:17 P.M.]: i want the email addresses of the users at ebay that you have in your sold folder, because i have a auction website and i dont want to advertise because it cost lots of money and i can't afford that
ullahebay [7:17 P.M.]: so i want people to visit my auction site by emails QueenVal32 [7:17 P.M.]: so you harass ME??? Why ME??
ullahebay [7:17 P.M.]: visit my new auction site, www.bidstar.net ullahebay [7:18 P.M.]: not only you, im doing it to everyone. and i've destroyed atleast 10 businesses at ebay so far
ullahebay [7:18 P.M.]: and 1 of them were lucky and gave me the email addresses, but they only had 55
ullahebay [7:18 P.M.]: im sure you will have lots of them according to your feedback
QueenVal32 [7:19 P.M.]: what is in it for me?
ullahebay [7:19 P.M.]: i dont know
ullahebay [7:19 P.M.]: i just want the email addresses of the users, or im going to bid on your other item
ullahebay [7:19 P.M.]: you can email me the list at ebayullah@yahoo.com QueenVal32 [7:20 P.M.]: and then what?
ullahebay [7:20 P.M.]: then i will leave you alone! promise! and wont interferre your ebay business
ullahebay [7:20 P.M.]: and plus, i will be thankful and appriciate your help
QueenVal32 [7:21 P.M.]: so you are bascially going around blackmailing ebay sellers?
ullahebay [7:21 P.M.]: yes just for my bidstart auction site to get more sellers and buyers!
ullahebay [7:21 P.M.]: i know it is wrong, but what i can do? im poort i can't advertise trust me pLZ!
QueenVal32 [7:22 P.M.]: there are plenty of ways to advertize on the internet for free
ullahebay [7:22 P.M.]: how?
QueenVal32 [7:22 P.M.]: aol groups
QueenVal32 [7:22 P.M.]: blogs
QueenVal32 [7:22 P.M.]: google
ullahebay [7:22 P.M.]: that's all bullshit, i tired like a month ago and i didnt get no one yet!
QueenVal32 [7:23 P.M.]: it takes lots more than one or two times
QueenVal32 [7:23 P.M.]: maybe if you were nicer people would visit your site
ullahebay [7:23 P.M.]: i've been doing it about a month, but i couldn't
ullahebay [7:23 P.M.]: i didnt even speak to them
ullahebay [7:23 P.M.]: no body came in, only few
ullahebay [7:24 P.M.]: coz i'vent advertise the right way. plz help me, it will really help me!
QueenVal32 [7:24 P.M.]: also you can network with other sellers, instead of harrrassing sellers on ebay, be nice to them and ask them to visit your site
QueenVal32 [7:25 P.M.]: maybe they will bring their buyers with them
ullahebay [7:25 P.M.]: but one or couple won't work, i need more and more!
ullahebay [7:25 P.M.]: you are right, but please understand my situation!
QueenVal32 [7:25 P.M.]: well, this is not the way to go about it
ullahebay [7:25 P.M.]: i know! plz if you help me then i might not have to do this again with ebay or others!
ullahebay [7:25 P.M.]: this will be my last time, trust me!
QueenVal32 [7:26 P.M.]: set up a blog and then go to google and have your site run through their search
ullahebay [7:26 P.M.]: i will have to pay for it, and i dont have money!
QueenVal32 [7:26 P.M.]: blogs are FREE anyone can get one
ullahebay [7:27 P.M.]: ok i will do that to
ullahebay [7:27 P.M.]: but what is wrong you giving me some email addresses!
ullahebay [7:27 P.M.]: it's not going to harm you anything, infact if you wont give it might be harm ful
QueenVal32 [7:27 P.M.]: get on an aol group for computer tech people and be nice and find someone who is internet savy and have them tell you the ins & outs
QueenVal32 [7:28 P.M.]: so, you are still going to harrass me??
ullahebay [7:28 P.M.]: thankyou for your help and concern, but it's better for me to get the email
addresses!
ullahebay [7:29 P.M.]: i dont want to harass you, the thing is that i want the mailing addresses!
ullahebay [7:29 P.M.]: so i can mail them my site
QueenVal32 [7:29 P.M.]: I can't do that
ullahebay [7:29 P.M.]: please understand! or else i wont have any other choice besides killing your business
ullahebay [7:29 P.M.]: comeon man, why can't you? what's going to happen if you do this?
QueenVal32 [7:29 P.M.]: what is you ebay id?
QueenVal32 [7:30 P.M.]: I am not a mna.
QueenVal32 [7:30 P.M.]: man
ullahebay [7:30 P.M.]: so far i created 7, one of them are nuno39xx
QueenVal32 [7:32 P.M.]: what are the others?
ullahebay [7:33 P.M.]: i dont even remember!
ullahebay [7:33 P.M.]: if you report to ebay, it is not going to be helpful
ullahebay [7:34 P.M.]: becuz i dont have my right information there
ullahebay [7:34 P.M.]: so don't think you are smart!
QueenVal32 [7:34 P.M.]: then how did you get an account?
ullahebay [7:34 P.M.]: i put fake name, address, phone number and email address, and im using cafe's computer and it's server
QueenVal32 [7:35 P.M.]: wow that is clever
ullahebay [7:35 P.M.]: look, im not here to answer your quesitons, im here to get help from you, if not then i will have to destroy 11th business
QueenVal32 [7:35 P.M.]: how are you here to help ME??
ullahebay [7:35 P.M.]: i will now ask you to help me or else im bidding on your items again! do you want me to do that or you would like to help me?
ullahebay [7:35 P.M.]: im here to get help from you i mean!
QueenVal32 [7:36 P.M.]: why should I help you??
QueenVal32 [7:38 P.M.]: ??
ullahebay [7:43 P.M.]: i dont know
ullahebay [7:43 P.M.]: just help me to get my site successful
ullahebay [7:43 P.M.]: here, i'm bidbin another item
ullahebay [7:43 P.M.]: biddin* QueenVal32 [7:46 P.M.]: with waht ID??
ullahebay [7:46 P.M.]: nuno39xx
ullahebay [7:46 P.M.]: im going to bid now
ullahebay [7:46 P.M.]: im going to bid the item that you buyers are bidding on!
ullahebay [7:46 P.M.]: u will not get the money today!
ullahebay [7:47 P.M.]: neither tom
ullahebay [7:47 P.M.]: or ever!
ullahebay [7:47 P.M.]: if u be mean to me, i will be mean to u! Extortion by IM - Do this or I'll RUIN your business, just watch me.... |
