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MegaPlatinum Forums Index -> 2600 hz Author Message Alaska Friedalive Field Reporter Joined: Jun 21, 2008 Posts: 80230 Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 11:07 am Using Google Images to Investigate Fraud Sami, one of our test engineers, was recently seeking a Play Station 3. He found this offer at Huuto.net, a Finnish auction site. 160€ for a 60GB unit, with games, not bad. Sami wanted to confirm that the seller was legit, so he requested a picture, and received this. When he examined the image properties, he discovered that the picture was taken in 2008. Next, he performed a Google Image search using the size option. Smart. He managed to find the image online, located within a Finnish forum thread from 2008. That seemed kind of suspicious, so he suggested that the seller provide another picture, with the PS3 alongside a current newspaper. The deal fell through, of course, when the seller refused. Not such a clever fraudster, eh? He seems to have forgotten how easily things can be found on the Internet using the right tools. Kudos to Sami for documenting his investigation and for filing a report with the police. On 04/02/10 At 02:48 PM Publish Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:52:20 +0200 Read more... Source: F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog Description: Weblog of F-Secure Antivirus Research Team blog comments powered by Disqus

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