{"id":13950,"date":"2023-12-10T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T20:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/13950\/verizon-is-allegedly-suckered-into\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T20:26:09","slug":"verizon-is-allegedly-suckered-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=13950","title":{"rendered":"Verizon is allegedly suckered into giving a female customer&#8217;s home address to her stalker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Verizon is allegedly suckered into giving a female customer&#8217;s home address to her stalker\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>The nation&#39;s largest wireless carrier, Verizon, fell for a scam that resulted in the company handing over a customer&#39;s home address and phone data to a man named Robert Michael Glauner who pretended to be a police officer.  According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2023\/12\/verizon-fell-for-fake-search-warrant-gave-victims-phone-data-to-stalker\/\" class=\"external\">ArsTechnica<\/a>An affidavit submitted to court last week revealed Glaunder was arrested near the unidentified woman. <span>Verizon<\/span> at the client&#39;s home and he was carrying a knife at the time of his arrest.<\/div>\n<p><h2>Verizon failed to notice that an email request for a customer&#39;s phone data came from a Proton Mail address<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Glauner was charged with stalking and fraud &#8220;in connection with obtaining confidential telephone records.&#8221;  Normally we can include a link to these records, but since they contain the victim&#39;s home address, we will leave it out.  The couple did have a romantic relationship, but after the victim ended it, he &#8220;continued to contact or attempt to contact,&#8221; his court documents note. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-2fe77ba4-fe3f-45fb-b305-b692b0a0b067\" class=\"single-image-container  image-c\" style=\"width:804px;max-width:100%\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\">\n<picture style=\"padding-top: 53.109452736318%\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" ><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Verizon-is-allegedly-suckered-into-giving-a-female-customers-home.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from official court documents - Verizon was allegedly tricked into giving a customer&#39;s home address to her stalker\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<p>Extract from official court documents<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Glauner was able to obtain his address and other information by sending an email and a fake search warrant to vsat.cct@one.<span>Verizon<\/span>.com which is the email address of <span>Verizon<\/span> Security Assistance Team (VSAT) that handles legal requests to the carrier. <span>Verizon<\/span> failed to realize that the request for the customer&#39;s personal information was false, even though it came from an account using a Proton Mail address instead of a police department or government agency.<\/p>\n<div>Email to <span>Verizon<\/span> came from &#8220;[email\u00a0protected]&#8221; and said, &#8220;Here is the pdf file of the search warrant.  We are in need if the [sic] this cell phone data as quickly as possible to locate and apprehend this suspect.  We also need the full name of it <span>Verizon<\/span> the subscriber and the new telephone number assigned to him.  Thank you.&#8221; Attached to the email was a document containing a false affidavit written by &#8220;Detective Steven Cooper&#8221; of the Cary, North Carolina Police Department. The department does not have a detective by that name in his team.<\/div>\n<div>The false affidavit requested the <span>Verizon<\/span> the customer&#39;s new phone number as well as &#8220;outgoing and incoming call records&#8221; and &#8220;locations and incoming and outgoing text messages.&#8221;  The affidavit for a search warrant was approved by Superior Court Judge Gale Adams, whose signature was forged on the document.  THE <span>Verizon<\/span> The Security Assistance Team received a phone call from fake Detective Cooper stating that he was investigating a homicide and needed information on a suspect.<\/div>\n<p><h2>The couple met in the dating section of the porn site xHamster<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>FBI Special Agent Michael Neylon stated in his affidavit that \u201con October 5, 2023, <span>Verizon<\/span> Wireless provided Glauner with victim 1&#39;s phone records, including her address and phone records.  \u00bb The VSAT website states: &#8220;Verizon&#39;s Security Support Team will only accept valid legal requests (subpoena, court order, or search warrant) for records.&#8221;  \u00bb of course, unless they are led to believe that a false request for information is real.<\/p>\n<div><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/verizon-gave-phone-data-to-stalker-edrs-search-warrant-pose-as-cop\/\" class=\"external\">404Media<\/a> was the first to report the incident, noting that Glauner met the woman in the dating section of the porn site xHamster and after <span>Verizon<\/span> Given the victim&#39;s address, he traveled to Raleigh, North Carolina from New Mexico to meet her in person.  Before his arrival, he sent a threatening message that read: &#8220;If I can&#39;t have you, no one can.&#8221;  \u00bb He also threatened to send nude photos of the woman to her family members. <\/div>\n<p>It should be noted that <span>Verizon<\/span> cooperates with law enforcement.  It should also be noted that at the time he allegedly committed the acts mentioned above, Glauner was wanted by the San Diego Sheriff&#39;s Office for stalking an ex-girlfriend.  The police report in this case stated \u201cthat [the victim] had changed phone number 4 times in the last four months, but somehow [Glauner] continues to receive his number.&#39;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verizon is allegedly suckered into giving a female customer&#8217;s home address to her stalker\u060c The nation&#39;s largest wireless carrier, Verizon, fell for a scam that resulted in the company handing over a customer&#39;s home address and phone data to a man named Robert Michael Glauner who pretended to be a police officer. 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