Catching an ID Thief is just like Catching a Predator
Sep 21st, 2007 | By Everett Whitehead | Category: Media
Looks like Chris Hanson, from To Catch a Predator fame, has taken a break from catching Internet pedophiles to expose those infamous Nigerian scammers. Not familiar with Nigerian cons? The scams are varied, but the scenario usually goes something like this: You post an ad on Craigslist for a high-end laptop and in a day or two you receive a poorly written email from a person promising to buy your merchandise immediately after he gets your $10,000 Western Union money order. Something like that…
Like To Catch a Predator, Chris Hanson’s To Catch an ID Thief exposes Internet criminals by pretending to be a sucker in order to lure them out into the open for us all to see what one of these boneheads looks like. Hanson pulls out all the stops including deploying sophisticated tracking equipment, hidden cameras, and picking the brains of top Internet security analyst. Finally, the Internet strikes back!
