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Old 03-31-2005, 03:58 PM   #1
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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday filed 117 federal lawsuits against unnamed defendants, accusing them of a high-tech form of identity theft known as "phishing."

The lawsuits, filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, accuses the "John Doe" defendants of using mass e-mail or pop-up ads to coerce consumers into revealing personal information such as bank account information, passwords or social security numbers


Good on Microsoft. Hopefully it makes a dent in the amount of spam I get. (OK, I can dream, can't I?)

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