Cyber Crime Justice - How and Who and Where to report a crime and DMCA Action ... cyber

What is a "ripper"? ~ with a bit of research and as suspected ...

Using browser known as ripper. what is ripper? found this link with following comments ~

link- http://forum.yola.com/yola/topics/site_rippers_and_how_i_can_stop_them?from_gsfn=true

What is "Rippers 0" browser? Should I block them?

Comment from person 1. looked up site rippers on a search ... Not very nice things. I see the possibility that a site ripper could really mess up several things Also it appears to be something that would infinge on copyrights Bigtime. And these things are permitted? What kind of protection is there? The whole world is going crazy and evil ...

Comment from person 2. I've been searching and this is a good explantion of site rippers. "There are many dishonest webmasters that download the entire sites of their successful competitors, just change some images and texts and have "their" site up and running in less than a day without any effort " However, it looks like any preventative measures will cost you money. If your site has already been ripped "stolen" you have an uphill battle getting it removed if it has been duplicated elsewhere on the interenet. (not true see law below).

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@http://forum.yola.com/yola/topics/site_rippers_and_how_i_can_stop_them?from_gsfn=true

Also came across this - DMCA Law

DMCA Action - A General Guide to Taking Action Against Site Rippers using DMCA Law!

Your website is up and business is good. Your traffic is steadily rising and people are starting to pass around your link in blog posts, via email, forums and other forms the global internet community use to pass around website information. Then one day, you encounter your first experience with a "site ripper". It normally happens by opening your email program and finding an unread message with the subject line of "Look what I found!" or "I think your site was stolen". You pray its spam as you move the mouse pointer to that bold title while the anxiety starts to kick in. You click and scan the body of the message, reading the sometimes helter-skelter details of how he or she found a site that looks identical to yours.

At the end of it all, you find two links: One is your website, the other leads to a near duplicate of your layout except the banner may have a few changes and the domain name in the browser link field is different. Guess what? You've been ripped, and your world will never be the same.So now what are you supposed to do? After the fits have subsided and you admit to yourself that spending thousands to track the offender down and beat them with a cudgel isn't very realistic, it's time to look at laws designed specifically for your protection, and best of all, the initial stages don't cost you a monetary penny.

The DMCA, or Digital Millennium Copyright Act, is an American Act created and passed by the US Congress on October 12th, 1998. A couple of weeks later on October 28th, our favorite cigar toting US President, Mr. Bill Clinton, signed the Act into law. So, does this mean that DMCA law is exclusive to the US? Yes and no. You see, the DMCA was designed to implement the treaties that were signed in December of 1996 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva conference, which of course is a global organization. The DMCA simply addresses additional issues with matters related to the WIPO treaties.

Here's an overview of what the DMCA does:

- Makes it a crime to circumvent anti-piracy measures built into most commercial software.- Outlaws the manufacture, sale, or distribution of code-cracking devices used to illegally copy software.- Does permit the cracking of copyright protection devices, however, to conduct encryption research, assess product interoperability, and test computer security systems.- Provides exemptions from anti-circumvention provisions for nonprofit libraries, archives, and educational institutions under certain circumstances.

In general, limits Internet service providers from copyright infringement liability for simply transmitting information over the Internet.- Service providers, however, are expected to remove material from users' web sites that appears to constitute copyright infringement.- Limits liability of nonprofit institutions of higher education -- when they serve as online service providers and under certain circumstances -- for copyright infringement by faculty members or graduate students.-

Requires that "webcasters" pay licensing fees to record companies.- Requires that the Register of Copyrights, after consultation with relevant parties, submit to Congress recommendations regarding how to promote distance education through digital technologies while "maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright owners and the needs of users."- States explicitly that "[n]othing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use..."

Did you catch what I pasted in bold? That's right folks... if you can prove that material you created is being used on a website that is not under your control, the company hosting the website is OBLIGATED BY LAW to remove that content. In fact, if the person who stole this content has profited in any way from your stolen property, you can even sue for damages and infringement, but that's getting ahead of ourselves. If you want to read the rest of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, you can find a full digital copy at The Library of Congress.

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*** Number 76.195.112.218 - 76-195-112-218.efw.com - browser Rippers 0

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Excellent Source for "Money Matters" Tips from the Federal Trade Commission and video on financial fraud ...

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/moneymatters/scam-watch.shtml

Investment Fraud ~ You've heard it many times before: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Be Prepared-Be Aware ~ Don't become a Victim!

The Case of the Cyber Criminal ... Better think twice before investing in that internet multi level marketing deal ...

The Case of the Cyber Criminal

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Currency Market Scams

Monopolizing The Currency Market

Monopolizing a market is done by creating multiple blog spots and/or Forums which all link back to a Master Forum. This generates add revenue for the Master forum. Most of these sites are flagged for unethical as well as illegal activitity including Wire fraud, Mail fraud, and Violations Committed under the unlawful sales of securities pursuant to 11 51 301

One of the many lawsuits under investigation ... http://www.dora.state.co.us/securities/pdf_forms/enforcement/amiraq-verified-petition.pdf

Data Being collected @ http://www.iraqidinarmoney.com/theiraqidinar/
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Foreign Exchange Scam

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions is warning consumers about potential scams regarding Iraqi Dinar currency exchange services. While foreign exchange scams are not new, the sudden popularity with the Dinar and resulting consumer complaints to our banking partners is concerning. Consumers can read about the investment-related risks in our previously-released consumer alert ...

“Forex: Risky Business?” at link Several websites have recently begun advertising investment opportunities in Iraqi Dinars, the currency of Iraq. These websites are asking the consumers to send a check, wire, money order, or pay cash upon delivery of the Dinars. What consumers are not told is that the Dinars can be redeemed only in Iraq, as most of the established currency exchange houses and banking institutions cannot convert the Dinar to US dollars. Since no exchange exists for the Iraqi Dinar, dealers can charge whatever they want to sell and buy back the Dinars.

These dealers often register with the U.S. Treasury as a Money Services Business (MSB). An MSB registration is nothing more than a form they file; it does not reflect any experience in trading currency nor entail any qualifications on the part of the dealer, other than basic anti-money laundering requirements. The reason dealers seek this registration is to lend legitimacy to their scam and avoid more stringent regulation.

In addition, most of these websites are operating illegally in Washington State, without a currency exchange or money transmission license issued by the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions. Make sure you only deal with licensed, legitimate companies when making financial decisions. link

Real Scam.Com ~ link

Looks like the FBI and IRS did a raid on the very place where the "Dinar Guru Summit" was held last weekend!FBI agents raid downtown Toledo business ~ link

COMMISSION ADVISORY BEWARE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING FRAUD ~ link

Greed costs up to Dh1m in money scams ...

August 2010

Greed costs up to Dh1m in money scams

More than 85 suspects arrested in such frauds last year

Victims that fall prey to scams that promise to double one’s money often lose as much as Dh 1 million, according to a top Dubai Police official.

Speaking exclusively to Emirates 247 Major Rashed Mohammed Saleh, Deputy Director of Anti-Economic Crime Department at Dubai Police said that as many as 85 suspects were arrested in Dubai last year pulling for such scams. “The suspects are mainly Africans,” he said, adding, “and they feed upon the greed of their victims.”

Black to green: modus operandi

Explaining the modus operandi of the fraudsters, Maj Saleh says, “A very common scam is the promise to turn black notes into original US dollars. In the beginning, they approach their victims by pretending to start a business.

“Later, they tell their victims that they received boxes of black notes from the American Monetary Fund or other sources and show them fake certificates to prove this. They tell them that these black notes turn into original notes when washed with a special liquid.”

Maj Saleh then says that often suspects bring an original US dollar covered with black wax, washes it in front of the victim and ‘turns it’ into a US dollar.

“He gives the victim the note and asks him to check with any money exchange to verify its authenticity. The victim is convinced,” he adds.

The scamster then tells the victim that he has run out of the special liquid, which costs around $80,000.

The victim pays him this amount. After that, the suspect takes more money from the victim claiming that a bribe needs to be paid to a custom official to release the liquid.

“He carries on in this way and takes as much as possible from the victim. In the end, they run away leaving most victims in debt,” he says.

Loss is the punishment

Maj Saleh says the victims come to the police with the boxes.

“These victims are involved in the crime as they wanted to do something illegal. However, due to the nature of these cases, we don’t take legal action against them, as their loss is their punishment,” he says.

Maj Saleh adds that the victims are mainly UAE nationals, Arabs and Asians.

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FinCen’s Caution about Kuwaiti Comparison To The Iraqi Dinar ...

FinCen 2005 Report .. Here

FinCen’s Caution about Kuwaiti Comparison

FinCen published a document that warns against buying Iraqi Dinar or making a comparison to the Kuwaiti Dinar which is shown below:

Suspicious Activity Involving the Iraqi Dinar Over the last year, the circumstances of the war in Iraq have created the phenomenon of businesses trading in new Iraqi dinars. Many of these businesses advertise or conduct business over the Internet, and suggest that the Iraqi dinar, much like the Kuwaiti dinar following Operation Desert Storm, will increase in value exponentially following United States military involvement in Iraq. Most investors purchase dinars from websites established particularly for selling dinars or from major auction websites.

FinCEN has been receiving inquiries regarding the legitimacy of websites offering Iraqi dinar sales. While it is not necessarily illegal to buy or sell Iraqi currency, there are a number of risks and compliance concerns for the financial community. For example, Iraqi officials state that it is illegal under Iraqi law to export dinars. Therefore, in addition to questions about the source of the currency, and the potential for investment or securities fraud, businesses offering to sell dinars may also pose the risk of being used to fund terrorism or as a vehicle for money laundering. FinCEN also has a particular interest in these businesses because they may be money services businesses required to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act.

Any United States entity that buys or sells currency, including Iraqi dinars, in amounts of more than $1,000 U.S. to any one person in one day may be a money services business under FinCEN’s regulations at 31 C.F.R. Section 103.11(uu). [Note: there have been questions about the old dinar with Hussein’s picture on it. That dinar ceased to be legal tender around January 15, 2004 and thus ceased to be currency for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act.]

Money services businesses include:

■Money transmitters;
■Currency Dealers or Exchangers (except those who do not exchange more than $1,000 in currency or monetary or other instruments for any person on any day in one or more transactions);
■Check cashers (except those who do not cash checks in an amount greater than $1,000 in currency or monetary or other instruments for any person on any day in one or more transactions);
■Issuers, sellers, or redeemers of traveler’s checks, money orders, or stored value (except those who do not issue, sell or redeem such instruments in an amount greater than $1,000 in currency or monetary or other instruments for or from any person on any day in one or more transactions);
Money services businesses generally are required to register with FinCEN, to establish anti-money laundering programs, and to comply with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act.

Dinar sales websites frequently claim that their businesses are registered with the Department of the Treasury. These assertions are not always accurate. Further, it may be difficult to discern from the money services business registration list on FinCEN’s website (msb.gov) whether the business is in fact registered, particularly if the business is an affiliate of, or a “doing business as” alias for, the business that is registered. Moreover, even if the business is registered with FinCEN, that registration does not guarantee that the business is in compliance with other Bank Secrecy Act requirements or with applicable state law. For these reasons, a financial institution that conducts business with entities selling Iraqi dinars should conduct appropriate due diligence to assure itself of the legitimacy of such
entities.

All financial institutions that do business with, and potential customers of, such money services businesses, are reminded that registration with FinCEN in no way authenticates either the legitimacy of a business, or the compliance of the business with any federal, state, or local laws.

Expense of Selling Iraqi Dinar
Getting Iraqi Dinar into the United States requires filling out the right paperwork, such as filing a Currency or Monetary Instruments Transaction Report (CMIR) as required by federal law when transporting currency in amounts of more than $10,000 into or out of the United States.

Failing to fill out the proper paperwork and/ or not including the Iraqi Dinar in the international air waybill carries a maximum penalty for each charge (bulk cash smuggling and false statements to a government agency) is a $250,000 fine, five years in prison and three years probation. Filling out the proper forms and making sure everything is legal can be time consuming and this is reflected in the price dealers charge.

Scams, Alerts and Accurate Information about the Dinar
It would not be fair if we didn’t point out that Major US Banks have been selling the Iraqi Dinar and that the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions alert fails to recognize this fact or that US banks have been buying them back (at a large profit!).

Dealers can, and do, set their own price, the trick is finding the right price. You have to eliminate the dealers that have multiple sites all referring to one another and look at unique dealers in order to compare prices. When looking at dealers on this site, focus on owners that have one site (a rating of 10).

Always use caution when making such high risk investments. Always seek the advice of a professional financial consultant and watch out for dealers who pump up the dinar by operating multiple websites or posing as commenters promising easy riches!

DOCUMENTED DINAR SCAMS

Sample of the Jack Lee Smiley Scam below:

Defendant Jack Lee Smiley (Smiley), formerly known as Jack Cowart, has been a resident of Coeur d’Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho and has conducted business in Idaho during all times relevant herein. He has conducted business under various names, including Joint Venture Online Investments, SMG, Pristine Construction, Pristine Construction LLC, and Investments Unlimited LLC.

Beginning approximately January 1,2005 and continuing through 2007, Smiley solicited investors to participate in joint venture agreements for the purchase and subsequent sale of Iraqi Dinars, speculating that the Dinars will increase in value.

Smiley accepted funds from investors, purchased Dinars and holds them awaiting some unspecified date when they are supposed to increase in value, at which time they will be sold. He did not deliver the Dinars to the investors.

Smiley calls this enterprise “The Iraqi Investment” and “The Iraqi Currency Investment,” hereafter referred to as the “Enterprise.” Despite Smiley’s representations, there is no viable market for Iraqi Dinars outside of Iraq.