Microsoft files 117 phishing lawsuits

[The Dude]

Microsoft on Thursday filed 117 civil lawsuits against alleged phishers trying to scam Microsoft customers out of personal information such as credit card numbers.

The lawsuits, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, seek to identify large-scale scam operations and recover damages from so-called phishing operations.

Source : http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/03/31/HNmsfilesphishingsuits_1.html

I'd like to think this is a GOOD THING that MS is doing......However in my mind,i know its probably just to extract $$$ (But still the effort is appreaciated to get back @ these losers)

[MishY]

I do not believe Microsoft would pursue these criminals for any form of financial gain.

Bill Gates isn't always the monster people portray him to be, and neither is Microsoft always.

I think it's good what they're doing by chasing after these frauds. It's good for the internet, good publicity for Microsoft, and good for users.

I don't however think software patents are a good thing at all, but that's a different story.

[uripyores]

I do not believe Microsoft would pursue these criminals for any form of financial gain.

Bill Gates isn't always the monster people portray him to beAfter all he is known to use many of his millions [if not billions] on charitable causes.

[zipulrich]

(Looky here) (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm)

[uripyores]

(Looky here) (http://www.gatesfoundation.org/default.htm) Pre-cisely!:leonardo:

[jd500c]

Too bad Ebay and Pay Pal don't follow this and get more aggressive on thier end as well.

[The Dude]

Yeah really..........

BOTTOM LINE IS,they just dont care if people get ripped off.......They probably feel "Hey,if ppl are STUPID,they will fall for this" And that attitude sucks.....