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From: john@qip.UUCP (John Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: BBS STING OPS
Keywords: BBS STING
Message-ID: <5455@qip.UUCP>
Date: 18 Nov 90 16:18:34 GMT
References: <3020@igloo.scum.com> <q5kRs1w163w@wnss>
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Organization: Anasazi, Inc.  Phoenix, Az
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In article <q5kRs1w163w@wnss> root@wnss (root) writes:
]glr@igloo.scum.com (Glen Roberts) writes:
]
]> 
]> SURVEILLANCE [7906 Hope Valley Court, Adamstown, MD 21710 (301) 
]> 831-8400] reports in its October 1990 issue that some agencies 
]> (plural) are going after illegal users of BBS with sting boards. 
]> Anybody have any information on this? 
]
]It's not unusual.  In the past, the Austin Police Department has done
]just that sort of thing.  In fact, there were some arrests that grew  
]out of a detective turned computer type who put a BBS up.  Happened 
]two to four years ago.  Mostly involved juveniles and teens. 

It happened here in Phoenix also - but by accident. The Sheriff's
Office (MCSO) set up a BBS with not sting intentioned - it was
just a BBS. Some folks started using it (knoowing that MCSO
owned it) for some sort of fraud (Sprint codes or some such) and
were, not surprisingly, caught!

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