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Re: Mr Legoland Windsor banged up
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk
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Tue, 27 Feb 2001 16:10:10 GMT
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> > From The Register
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/8/17186.html
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> An Internet fraudster was jailed for a year today after
> wangling credit card
> details out of surfers by starting bogus sites under the
> names of famous
> companies.
>
> Craig Cottrell, also known by the name of Legoland
> Windsor, received the
> sentence after Marks & Spencer took matters into its own
> hands and
> marched him to the High Court.
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> The high street retailer said it wanted to safeguard its
> own customers' bank
> account details as Scotland Yard was busy being
> "inundated with similar
> scams", Ireland.com reported.
>
> M&S also used the civil courts to shut down the
> 23-year-old, who set up sites
> under the names of Tesco, Cadbury and Legoland. Cottrell,
> who had
> addresses in Reading, Berks, and Skellingthore, Lincoln,
> used a range of
> aliases, and last year decided to change his name by deed
> poll to Legoland
> Windsor.
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> He used the sites to get credit card details, and then
> used them to go
> shopping online. M&S said he had so far failed to hand
> over a list of
> customers who had given him their information.
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> Mr Justice Lightman said Cottrell's actions "seriously
> put at risk the
> reputation of Marks & Spencer."
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> I think this person is seriously evil. Changing his name
> to Legoland in order
> to scam people's credit cards! Lego buyers beware!
Indeed. I rememer reading this last year, I believe. Typical
people, trying to cash in on other people's property. The
credit card fraud is new, though. I hope he sits in jail for
a long time.
Scott S.
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| From The Register (URL) Internet fraudster was jailed for a year today after wangling credit card details out of surfers by starting bogus sites under the names of famous companies. Craig Cottrell, also known by the name of Legoland Windsor, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk) !
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