Online cheat concealed IP address to scam victims
Published on Dec 27, 2011
A computer technician used advanced software to hide his Internet Protocol address while he cheated 19 victims of $12,500 in an online scam. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
By Khushwant Singh
A computer technician used masking software to prevent detection while he cheated 19 victims of $12,500 in an online scam.
A district court heard that Robin Goh Chin Soo, 29, used advanced software to hide his Internet Protocol (IP) address and to give the impression he was in Germany.
To make it more difficult for police to track him down, he operated the scam through his neighbour's wireless router without the neighbour's knowledge.
When police finally got him, he jumped bail in August 2007 and fled to Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.
Goh surrendered himself in August this year at the Woodlands Checkpoint as he had grown tired of travelling.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to cheating, to securing access to the Internet illegally, and concealing his criminal proceeds. He will be sentenced on Jan 17.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhuo Wenzhao told the court that in early October 2006, Goh posted announcements on motoring websites claiming that he was in Germany.
He also said he was able to obtain bulk discounts on car parts and accessories and quoted prices that were 25 per cent lower than retail prices here.
He invited the other forum users to place orders with him although he was not in a position to obtain discounted prices.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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A computer technician used advanced software to hide his Internet Protocol address while he cheated 19 victims of $12,500 in an online scam. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
By Khushwant Singh
A computer technician used masking software to prevent detection while he cheated 19 victims of $12,500 in an online scam.
A district court heard that Robin Goh Chin Soo, 29, used advanced software to hide his Internet Protocol (IP) address and to give the impression he was in Germany.
To make it more difficult for police to track him down, he operated the scam through his neighbour's wireless router without the neighbour's knowledge.
When police finally got him, he jumped bail in August 2007 and fled to Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.
Goh surrendered himself in August this year at the Woodlands Checkpoint as he had grown tired of travelling.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to cheating, to securing access to the Internet illegally, and concealing his criminal proceeds. He will be sentenced on Jan 17.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Zhuo Wenzhao told the court that in early October 2006, Goh posted announcements on motoring websites claiming that he was in Germany.
He also said he was able to obtain bulk discounts on car parts and accessories and quoted prices that were 25 per cent lower than retail prices here.
He invited the other forum users to place orders with him although he was not in a position to obtain discounted prices.
Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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