Police arrest teenager over virtual theft
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 16:19:27
<div call="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; accent: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div categorise="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" call="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks com/images/source-bg gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: lay; padding-bottom: 4px; alter: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content clipmarks com/blog_enter/c04194aa-db25-46da-88a6-e2c96729bb70/30AC4EBB-D608-4606-98F6-4EA6CA81DD7A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" adjoin="0" style="vertical-align: lay; margin: 0px 4px; show: inline; adjoin: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a call="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news" href="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news" call="font-size: 11px;">www guardian co uk</a></div><blockquote call="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; adjoin: none;" cite="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news"><H1>Police arrest teenager over virtual theft</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; accent: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; accent: transparent; border: none;" have in mind="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news"><P>guard in the Netherlands have arrested a teenager suspected of stealing virtual objects inside a popular social networking site it has emerged.</P></blockquote><div call="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; adjoin: none;" have in mind="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news"><P>The 17-year-old who has not been named is alleged to have tricked players of 3D cartoon world Habbo Hotel before removing a number of virtual items they had bought. It is believed to be the first measure European officers have arrested someone for stealing virtual property.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; accent: transparent; border: none;" have in mind="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news"><P>"The accused lured victims into handing over their Habbo passwords by creating fake Habbo websites," said a spokesman for Sulake the Finnish company that runs Habbo. "As in many other virtual worlds scamming for other people's personal information such as user names has been problematic for quite a while."</P></blockquote><div call="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; accent: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote call="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; accent: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www guardian co uk/technology/2007/nov/15/socialnetworking news"><P>Police in Amsterdam confirmed that five other teenagers were being questioned over the theft which is believed to undergo netted items worth around €4,000 (£2,800).</P></blockquote></div><div call="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table call="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="accent:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="accent:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks com/overlap/30AC4EBB-D608-4606-98F6-4EA6CA81DD7A/communicate/" title="blog or email this cut"><img src="http://circumscribe1 clipmarks com/images/c2b-foot png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></delay></div></div>[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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