December 30, 2003 10:38 AM

Cyber-blackmail targets office workers
Posted by Jason Butlerat 10:38 AM

CNN has picked up a Reuters story about loathsome individuals blackmailing office workers, threatening to unleash viruses and such if not paid off.

"They prey on the nice secretary who wouldn't do anything wrong. When she gets one of these e-mails she thinks 'Oh, my goodness what am I going to do?' So she puts it on her credit card and transfers the funds to the (suspect's online bank) account and hopes it goes away," a British detective specializing in cyber-crime told Reuters.