Media reports of this latest trick have stirred up an online barrage toward the scammers.

媒体对最新的这个伎俩的报道在网上掀起了对骗子的一片声讨。

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They found that about half of the usernames used on one site could be linked to another online profile, potentially allowing marketers and scammers to build a more complex picture of the users.

研究发现，大约半数的用于某网站用户名都和其他网站的个人资料有关联，这就为卖主和骗子获取更为复杂精确的用户资料提供了可能。

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They found that about half of the usernames used on one site could be linked to another online profile, potentially allowing marketers and scammers to build a more complex picture the users.

研究发现，大约半数的用于某网站用户名都和其他网站的个人资料有关联，这就为卖主和骗子获取更为复杂精确的用户资料提供了可能。

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"The arrest of the suspects hits online scammers hard, " said Alibaba.com boss Jonathan Lu.

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Far more common--but still damaging--are the high-volume crime spikes, spam e-mail distribution and "phishing, " a pernicious technique for stealing credit-card information. (For more on online scams, check out "Where The Scammers Are".) The carnage is hard to pin down in dollar terms, but Marcus Ranum, chief security officer of Tenable Security, says it's "billions upon billions"--far more than all "major" hacking incidents combined.

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Last year there were more than 5, 600 complaints of romance scams in which scammers targeted individuals who search for companionship or romance online.

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