Also in Canada, who only get the iPhone in July, you can buy it unlocked. Whether it is a change in Apple’s strategy or whether it is due to local conditions in those countries is not clear. France has always could buy unlocked iPhones, but it is new that can be the same in England and Canada.

Prices in England is £ 499 for 16GB and £ 599 for 32GB, equivalent to 4.470 and 5.360 kr DKK In France it costs € 629 and € 739, equivalent to 4.680 and 5.500 kr DKK They become, in other words not entirely cheap, but in return you are indeed totally free in relation to subscription. It is certainly super positive that we now have the option to buy with or without subscription. One should indeed take note that it does not prevent telco monkeys in offering iPhone inc. subscription. Yes indeed, it’s the iPhone 4 pris.

Now we can just wait until Apple comes with Danish prices.

If an e-mail is found in the list of red flags, it means the scamming has been proved. If the e-mail is found in the list of yellow flags, it means the e-mail (and the person behind it) is in some way associated with scamming. You should refrain from trading with people found in BOTH the yellow flag list and the red flag list.

Head over to the list here: List of known World of Warcraft scammers.

Perhaps not to your great surprise, industry insider Aiden points out that both porn and online gaming are both forms of entertainment that appeal to similar crowds.

“It is all entertainment that you are getting involved in the same way as porn is entertainment,” said Aiden. “I won’t say everyone, but a lot of people in the industry play videogames. The games are competition for porn. Fans jerk off to porn and are done, but you can keep playing a game.”

Aiden, an avid World of Warcraft player himself, is no stranger to spending time in the online gaming world. “Yeah, my wife and I occasionally argue about the amount of time I spend playing,” he admits.

Finally, Aiden nails the coffin by underlining the biggest reason why porn-for-profit is dying. “People can download stuff for free these days, so why the heck are they going to buy it? The only ones making money out of porn are the novelty companies,” Jeremy said.

Source: Tom’s Hardware US

Authorities say Lauri Price, 42, Houston mother and housewife,  flew to Canada and lured a 16-year-old boy, whom she allegedly had an online sexual relationship with for more than a year, away from his home. According to Harris County District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Donna Hawkins, the relationship started in September 2008 when Lauri Price met the then 15-year-old boy through popular online video game World of Warcraft.

Lauri Price now faces charges on two counts of online solicitation of a minor and one count of enticing a child with the intent to commit a felony. “She talked to him about sex and a lot of different stuff. It was a very long, long grooming process” said Lt. Matthew Gray with the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce.

A dispute in the case is regarding the legal age of consent, which is 17 in Texas and 16 in Canada. Lauri Price’s attorney, Skip Cornelius, said he finds it both interesting and sad that Texas authorities are prosecuting Price for solicitation even though the boy was old enough in Canada to give consent.

If convicted, Lauri Price faces from two to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000 for each charge, said Donna Hawkins.

Source: AP

This scam is probably the oldest one in the book and it happens almost every day. With 11,5 million monthly subscribers, the economy related to buying, selling and trading World of Warcraft accounts is huge. I am very pleased to see the authorities dealing with the losses inflicted by these scammers in such a serious manner.

The YouTube scam is in most cases so poorly executed that anyone with above average intelligence will see right through them. The spelling is horrible, the story is predictable and the suggested methods often make no sense at all.

That being said, I’m writing this post on them anyway, just so you’re covered in all aspects of scamming. YouTube scams mostly offer solutions in the following categories: Hacking other people’s WoW accounts; receiving or generating free game cards; receiving or generating codes for rare pets and mounts (spectral tiger being one the most popular ones) and receiving some sort of attractive gear/item for free. Of course, it’s all non-sense. Blizzard has stated on several occasions that they only use their official channel for promotional purposes.

To my knowledge there exists no programs that are able to artificially create items, mounts, gold or game cards. No is there any method to hack other people’s WoW accounts, unless you the information is handed over by (or phished out of) the user.

Below is a prime example of how far the scammers are willing to go, to scam you of your account.

Basically every single video in this list on YouTube is fake. They serve no other purpose than to lure you into sending your account name and password to them.

So where do the scammers come up with these methods? is a prime location. Although the site has officially gone white hat – or legal in layman’s terms – the members are still the same scammers they were before. The people “helping out” on MMOwned are the exact same people who’ve been orchestrating scams ever since World of Warcraft was released.

where a user describes the GameCard Generator scam in detail.

Here’s another thread describing how you can manipulate the views your YouTube scam video gets, to get a higher rank in the search results.

Scamming people online is easier than scamming people in real life, because the scammer typically never comes face-to-face with the victim. While online, the scammer is also able to distance himself from his wrongdoings. By adopting various aliases, as in the case of kwaidan, the scammer is able to unlink his real self from his criminal alter ego.

If you are interested in learning more about social engineering , I suggest buying my book.

According to the Wikipedia definition, social engineering is broken loosely into the following categories:

1. Pretexting
2. Phishing
3. Baiting
4. Quid pro quo

I will try to explain how the different categories are related to the way most scammers go about conning people into giving out sensitive account information. I will mostly concentrate on those methods I have found to be particularly common in relation to online scamming.

Pretexting: Pretexting is defined as the act of creating and using an invented scenario to persuade a targeted victim to release information or perform an action. From a scammers point of view, pretexting is about shaping the way a victim views, understands and interprets the scammer’s actions. If I tell you I am an authority on something, you are more likely to believe what I am saying to be true. If I tell you I have done this many times before without ever encountering any problems, you are more likely to accept my future proposals. Why wouldn’t you? It has obviously worked for a lot of people before.

Pretexting is also used by scammers to shape a certain character. I’ve heard of cases in which the scammer took on the role of a father with kids. The scammer pulled it off so convincingly that most of his victims had no worries handing over their account information. The scammer seemed so trustworthy and honest. The defninition continues: “Pretexting can also be used to impersonate co-workers, police, bank, tax authorities, or insurance investigators — or any other individual who could have perceived authority or right-to-know in the mind of the targeted victim. The pretexter must simply prepare answers to questions that might be asked by the victim. In some cases all that is needed is a voice that sounds authoritative, an earnest tone, and an ability to think on one’s feet.”

Phishing: We’ve been over this one before. Phishing is a technique of fraudulently obtaining private information. Typically, the phisher sends an e-mail that appears to come from a legitimate business—a bank, or credit card company—requesting “verification” of information and warning of some severe consequences if it is not provided.

Quid pro quo: Something for something. This is often a method used by middle men. The scammer will help you solve a problem and in return demand some sort of information. In relation to account trading, the middle men often acts as a secure link between a buyer and a seller. However, as witnessed so many times, the middle man often succumbs to temptation and abuses the trust confided in him. In other reported cases, the middle man will try to black mail one side of the trade – typically once he has secured valuable information.

You can read much more about social engineering here. It will definitely open your eyes to the devious ways of a scammer. Through education we can hopefully bring down the number of victims dramatically.

Another clear sign of success is the amount of e-mails I’ve received from scammers threatening me to close down the site using all means necessary. The threats have proved futile and I am proud to say YourAccountSeller.com is here to stay.

The said culprit is Kwaidan alias Claus Arne Houmann Skjødt. This guy has a long track record of scamming people online and was convicted in absentia last year in Danish court of justice. In the beginning of his malicious career he made a living conning people by selling electronics, namely iPhones and computer equipment, to unsuspecting online shoppers. He accepted the money in advance and promised to send the item, but never did. A simple Google search reveals his criminal past. Some time has passed since his last conviction and it was only recently he resurfaced.

This time he scammed an unsuspecting American, alias Holyavenger, for over $1,200.

Claus Arne Houmann Skjødt alias Kwaidan represents a rare breed in scammers. He scams people using his real name, real address and real phone number. He solely relies on two factors: A lack of evidence and the fact that people seem to think the Police are uninterested in solving these online crimes. This is far from true. The Police do care and what it ultimately comes down to is the number of complaints. Once the Police do get involved, crimes related to online scams are very easily solved. People like Kwaidan leave a massive trail of easily obtainable evidence because they are so motivated by greed.

You can now experience first hand how YourAccountSeller.com helped bring Claus Arne Houmann Skjødt to his knees, by completely devastating his defenses and ridiculously naive excuses. His criminal past was largely exposed using the techniques described here.