Wandsworth Prison escapee Neil Moore faked bail email

  • 28 March 2015
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This was clever.
 
27 March 2015
 
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Officers allowed Neil Moore to walk free from Wandsworth Prison based on bogus bail instructions from a fake e-mail address
 
A convicted fraudster used an "ingenious" escape plot to trick prison officers into letting him go free, a court has heard.
 
Wandsworth prisoner Neil Moore was on remand when he used an illicit mobile phone to create a fake email account.
 
He posed as a senior court clerk and sent bail instructions to prison staff, who released him on 10 March 2014.
 
His deception was uncovered when solicitors went to interview him three days later, only to find him gone.
 
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Should this be filed as hacking or cracking.
 
Either way he got himself sent packing
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This should be labeled phishing this guy fooled them all.
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"A convicted fraudster who tricked prison officers into releasing him has been jailed for seven years.
Wandsworth prisoner Neil Moore, 28, used an illicit mobile phone to create a fake email account to send bail instructions to the prison staff.
He was released on 10 March 2014 and his deception was only uncovered when solicitors went to interview him three days later, only to find him gone.
The prosecution described Moore's behaviour as "ingenious" criminality." 
 
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32386994

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