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Japanese police have arrested two men over suspected involvement in a Hentai-themed malware scam campaign. Oka Akira, 27, from Tokyo, and an unnamed 20-year-old are both suspected of defrauding “tens of thousands” of Japanese Yen from a minority of the 5,000 victims they exposed to malware, the Yomiuri Shimbun reports. Akira …

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  1. Ben Rosenthal

    oh come on

    anyone that makes this many mistakes does actually deserve some internet forum based ridicule, at the very least. These guys were doing a public service!

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Big Brother

    ACS LAW

    Sounds very like the scam being run by ACS Law.

    Pay us loads of money or we might sue you for copyright infringment.

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  3. eezatehgeeza
    Coffee/keyboard

    I lulz

    "The long tentacle of the law"

    Wonderful byline.

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  4. Anonymous Coward
    Alert

    Naming

    Oka is the guy's surname, Akira is his given name.

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  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Tens of thousands?

    10,000Y is worth £76........ who cares.

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    1. Tom 35
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      It sounds like

      They got one or two people to pay.

      I'm surprised they got anyone. Who is going to download a bootleg copy of a game then put their real info into the registration page?

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  6. Doshu
    Joke

    Titillating tentacular temptations

    One must resist tentacle porn.

    No matter how much one.. craves it.

    *wipes sweat*

    Zit hot in here?

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  7. Anonymous Coward
    Thumb Up

    Tentacle. Haha.

    I see what you did there.

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  8. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge

    @It sounds like

    On the other hand, think how valuable the personal details of somebody that stupid would be to a marketing company!

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  9. Bernard M. Orwell

    Clamping.

    Compare and contrast with Wheel-Clamping and release fees.

    Parked somewhere you shouldn't have? Clamped! £500 to get out of it please...

    Whats the difference? One has a 'legal' mandate and the other does not?

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