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 Nairaland / General / British Police Evict 50 Chickens That Caused Chaos For Three Years by adeomoba2(m): 10:17am On Apr 01, 2011 |
   Town where hens ruled the roost: Police swoop to round up feathered gang who caused chaos for three years* Chickens rehoused four miles away from village Dawn breaks in Abington Drive and, for a moment, all is quiet.Suddenly a rustling in the undergrowth breaks the silence. Then a clucking sound. (More like a bwwaaawk! To be precise). Then another. Then another.By 4am the whole street is alive to the sound of chickens. Chickens in the road…chickens in back gardens… chickens clambering over parked cars and spattering them with chicken poo. At one stage there were 50. For residents of this once peaceful suburban idyll, it became a living nightmare.They called them the Wild Bunch. Locals were woken daily by the 4am cacophony and had to pick a path through clusters of marauding chickens whenever they ventured out. Needless to say, feathers were ruffled in Banks, near Southport, Lancashire, where the poshest houses cost £400,000 and upwards. There was only one thing for it. They called in the Chicken Police.Yesterday the 50-strong gang of hens and roosters that inflicted daily misery for the last three years had been rounded up and relocated – thanks to Lancashire Constabulary’s wildlife officer Mark Thomas and a team of helpers. They corralled the chickens and transported them to farmland four miles away. Now they can free range without disturbing anyone. The poultry parade started when a rooster was abandoned by someone after moving out of the area. What was a poor boy supposed to do but find a few girls and start a family? Soon, the clan had multiplied to the extent that food was becoming scarce. The chickens moved into gardens to scavenge bird seed, peck scraps and accept titbits from kindly benefactors. No-one knew then that they were about to be over-run by the chickens from Hell.‘They travelled around like a pack,’ said Daniel Hoskin, 48. ‘They’d start crowing at 4am. They were always strutting around like they owned the place.’ Another neighbour said: ‘We’re very relieved those birds have gone. They were always running wild and causing a nuisance. The amount of mess they kept leaving was awful.’ So was the dawn swoop successful? Yesterday it emerged that chickens were still running wild in the area…some with chicks. Stand by for Chicken Run II. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371852/Police-evict-50-chickens-near-Banks-Southport.html#ixzz1IG9Yxa73
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| Crime / Nigerian Man Stole 350 Ids To Claim £1.3m In Benefits Scam In Uk by adeomoba2(m): 1:29pm On Feb 24, 2011 |
[b]The Nigerian who stole 350 IDs to claim £1.3m benefits A Nigerian immigrant stole the identities of 350 people to claim £1.3million in bogus tax credits in the largest benefit scam of its kind.Olaide Taiwo, 35, hijacked the identities while working as a security guard for a number of large national companies.He then used the names to claim tens of thousands in working tax credits. This week he was jailed for eight and a half years – the highest ever sentence for tax credit fraud. Taiwo is understood to have arrived illegally in Britain in 2003 with his wife. Although three applications to stay in the UK failed, in 2005 he was granted discretionary leave to remain.It was during this period that his scam began. The father-of-two submitted more than 300 fraudulent tax credit claims between June 2004 and July 2008 worth over £1million. When he was arrested, investigators found an ‘identity thieves’ paradise’, with stacks of fake passports and driving licences and £70,000 in cash lying around his council flat in Camberwell, South-East London.The property was littered with paperwork detailing the names, addresses and national insurance numbers of hundreds of people which he had taken from employee payroll records at dozens of companies around London where he had worked as a security guard. They also found templates for making false passports, birth certificates, NHS cards and driving licences. Taiwo used the identities to open hundreds of bank accounts for the benefits to be paid into, but HM Revenue & Customs became suspicious about the multiple tax credit applications and arrested him in July 2008.They believe he was the ringleader of an organised criminal network which included his sister-in-law who worked for a job centre. But the rest of the gang are thought to have fled to Nigeria. Taiwo also tried to leave the country but he was arrested again on August 6 last year. He was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of fraudulently obtaining payments of tax credits, by using the names and addresses of individuals without their consent and acquiring criminal property. Sentencing him, Judge Simon Davis ordered that he be deported at the end of his eight and a half year sentence.He said: ‘This is a fraud on a substantial scale. ‘You lied and sought to manipulate with ease and confidence and with an arrogance that was astonishing. ‘You were intimately connected with every aspect of the fraud, stealing real details of real people to commit identity fraud on the large scale.’ Another member of the gang, Taiwo’s sister-in-law Olajumoke Ademuyiwa, 42, a Jobcentre Plus employee, was also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining tax credit payments in an earlier hearing.Ademuyiwa opened the bank accounts into which the benefits were paid, but she is not thought to have used her role as a job centre worker to make false claims. Her husband, Oluyemi Amidu Taiwo – Taiwo’s brother – is thought to have fled the country. She is due to be sentenced in April. Richard Young, senior investigating officer for HMRC said: ‘This pair blatantly hijacked the identities of over 350 innocent people and stole from British taxpayers by submitting over 300 fraudulent tax credit claims between June 2004 and July 2008. ‘They deliberately attacked and abused a system designed to provide financial help to the most vulnerable people in our society.’[/b] Scam: Olaide Taiwo at his London home
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| Travel / Nigerian Man Stole 350 Ids To Claim £1.3m In Benefits Scam In Uk by adeomoba2(m): 1:27pm On Feb 24, 2011 |
[b]The Nigerian who stole 350 IDs to claim £1.3m benefits A Nigerian immigrant stole the identities of 350 people to claim £1.3million in bogus tax credits in the largest benefit scam of its kind.Olaide Taiwo, 35, hijacked the identities while working as a security guard for a number of large national companies.He then used the names to claim tens of thousands in working tax credits. This week he was jailed for eight and a half years – the highest ever sentence for tax credit fraud. Taiwo is understood to have arrived illegally in Britain in 2003 with his wife. Although three applications to stay in the UK failed, in 2005 he was granted discretionary leave to remain.It was during this period that his scam began. The father-of-two submitted more than 300 fraudulent tax credit claims between June 2004 and July 2008 worth over £1million. When he was arrested, investigators found an ‘identity thieves’ paradise’, with stacks of fake passports and driving licences and £70,000 in cash lying around his council flat in Camberwell, South-East London.The property was littered with paperwork detailing the names, addresses and national insurance numbers of hundreds of people which he had taken from employee payroll records at dozens of companies around London where he had worked as a security guard. They also found templates for making false passports, birth certificates, NHS cards and driving licences. Taiwo used the identities to open hundreds of bank accounts for the benefits to be paid into, but HM Revenue & Customs became suspicious about the multiple tax credit applications and arrested him in July 2008.They believe he was the ringleader of an organised criminal network which included his sister-in-law who worked for a job centre. But the rest of the gang are thought to have fled to Nigeria. Taiwo also tried to leave the country but he was arrested again on August 6 last year. He was found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of fraudulently obtaining payments of tax credits, by using the names and addresses of individuals without their consent and acquiring criminal property. Sentencing him, Judge Simon Davis ordered that he be deported at the end of his eight and a half year sentence.He said: ‘This is a fraud on a substantial scale. ‘You lied and sought to manipulate with ease and confidence and with an arrogance that was astonishing. ‘You were intimately connected with every aspect of the fraud, stealing real details of real people to commit identity fraud on the large scale.’ Another member of the gang, Taiwo’s sister-in-law Olajumoke Ademuyiwa, 42, a Jobcentre Plus employee, was also found guilty of fraudulently obtaining tax credit payments in an earlier hearing.Ademuyiwa opened the bank accounts into which the benefits were paid, but she is not thought to have used her role as a job centre worker to make false claims. Her husband, Oluyemi Amidu Taiwo – Taiwo’s brother – is thought to have fled the country. She is due to be sentenced in April. Richard Young, senior investigating officer for HMRC said: ‘This pair blatantly hijacked the identities of over 350 innocent people and stole from British taxpayers by submitting over 300 fraudulent tax credit claims between June 2004 and July 2008. ‘They deliberately attacked and abused a system designed to provide financial help to the most vulnerable people in our society.’[/b] Scam: Olaide Taiwo at his London home
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| Crime / Jailed In Uk Mother Who Refuses To Bring Back Son,17 From Nigeria by adeomoba2(m): 12:11pm On Feb 16, 2011 |
Jailed: Mother who refuses to bring back son, 17, from Nigeria where he was 'forced to undergo exorcism for disobedience' The mother of a teenager who claims he was forced to undergo exorcism to purge him of his disobedience has been jailed. Lydia Erhire has become the first person in the UK to be jailed under forced marriage laws after Edirin Onogeta-Idogun, 17, was sent to Nigeria on holiday and is still there.He claims he has been subjected to beatings and religious-style ceremonies in the African country to get rid of his behaviour which his mother did not approve of. Erhire is a devout Christian who had tried to instil a strong sense of discipline in her child and does not approve of his lifestyle, the court heard.The 17-year-old is still being held against his will – and it is unclear exactly where he is, the High Court in London was told.His mother was ordered to have her son brought back to Britain but she obstructed efforts and was jailed for eight months yesterday.Edirin had flown out to Nigeria, where his father John Idogun is a special adviser to the governor of the Delta State, in July.The teenager, from Newham, east London, was expected back in August to start a college course in Hackney. He had been given a protection order under forced marriage laws by a judge last year and provided with emergency accommodation before he disappeared.Mrs Justice Macur said: 'Edirin told his litigation team he had been forced or subjected to procedures which were meant to exorcise him from his disobedience to the will of his parents and to remove him from what they regarded as unsatisfactory friendships.' In November, after a hearing before another judge, Mrs Erhire signed a letter instructing her sister to facilitate the return of Edirin from his Nigerian boarding school.But it later emerged that she had immediately sent another letter countermanding the demand.In February, Edirin attempted to leave Nigeria but was intercepted by immigration officials and taken off his British Airways flight from Lagos. Mrs Justice Macur ruled Mrs Erhire was not responsible for the February incident but had found she was complicit in November in ‘thwarting’ the court's efforts to have Edirin returned.Members of the Urhobo tribe appeared before the court and said that his mother was concerned he would become involved in gangs.The teenager was issued with a Forced Marriage Protection Order last July because he feared he was going to be sent to Nigeria for an arranged wedding. Jailing the mother for contempt of court, the judge said: ‘I am not satisfied that she is truly remorseful for the imperilment of Edirin's welfare.‘I am not satisfied that she has shown any indication of a willingness to co-operate on anything but her own terms.‘The chronology has shown beyond peradventure that this woman only co-operates in the face of a prison sentence and then begrudgingly.’ She ordered that Mrs Erhire should be committed to Holloway Prison immediately for eight months, but said she would have the opportunity to apply to purge her contempt. The student, who was due to study business and media after finishing his A-levels, came to Britain with his mother in 2004 and had settled in Newham. TIMELINE July 8, 2010 - Forced Marriage Protection Order issued as Lydia Erhire fears he is going to be sent to Nigeria for an arranged wedding. July 16 - Teenager is sent on holiday to Nigeria August - he fails to return to London where he is due to start college February 14, 2011 - his mother is jailed after being found guilty of contempt of court NL Reader's would you have done the same, Has the mother done the right thing, is jail term worth saving your kids, please comment, thanks Missing: Edirin Onogeta-Idogun, 17, claims he was beaten and forced to undergo exorcisms because his mother disapproved of his lifestyle
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| Travel / Re: Why Does Everybody In Nigeria Want To Travel Out? by adeomoba2(m): 1:37pm On Feb 14, 2011 |
@Mabinga , They are unsuccessful in Nigeria. I believe many NL readers would refuse to consent to your idea of Nigerians been unsuccessful in 9ija, No that's not right, there are loads of 9ija ententrepreneur there, it's just all about being on the right ladder, how's someone going to be successfull when after finishing a degree he/she can't even get a job. my people have the best brians behind the so called third world country, If the government make the life a bit better for Nigerians I belebelievet of us all would love to stay, there's no place like home as there are some certain things you can't do abroad but would have totall liberty to do in 9ija. |
| Travel / Re: Why Does Everybody In Nigeria Want To Travel Out? by adeomoba2(m): 1:04pm On Feb 14, 2011 |
It's a fact that 9ija leaders are bad and don't want to do what's right for fellow 9ija's, I do not for once blame our bro and sis outside 9ija striving to make a good name for themselves despite the fact that the name 'Nigeria' is like a suicide word when ever oyinbo people hear it, but amongst those that always spoil the name, am glad some sincere 9ija are all over the world doing great things to make the name better, if you are one of those I pray God bless you, the most important thing in life is 'Get your priorities Right, believe me no matter where you are either 9ija or obodo oyinbo, you would always make it as long as your priorities are right, |
| Crime / Nigeria Fraudsters Scamed A Lonely British Woman To The Tune Of £80,000 by adeomoba2(m): 9:59am On Feb 01, 2011 |
The lonely heart scam: Mother sent £80,000 to a man she thought was a charming U.S. soldier, but she'd been conned by Nigerian fraudsters Divorced and lonely, Kate Roberts thought her luck had changed when a charming U.S. soldier started chatting to her on a dating website.When he told he loved her, she thought it was almost too good to be true. And sadly, it was.The ‘soldier’ was in fact a member of a sophisticated Nigerian gang set up to exploit vulnerable women and convince them to hand over money. Miss Roberts gave £80,000 to the gang after taking out credit cards, loans and borrowing from family and friends. She has now had to sell her house to pay off the crippling debts.The 47-year-old yesterday warned others to be on their guard saying: ‘I was well and truly taken in and I don’t want anyone else to go through what I did.’The mother-of-three was first approached when she set up a profile on the Friends Reunited Dating website in October 2009. She started exchanging emails with a man calling himself Sergeant Ray Smith and chatting to him several times a day on MSN messenger.He soon persuaded her to send him[b] £225 [/b] for a phone line and a man with an American accent calling himself Mark began ringing her almost every day.He claimed he was a 43-year-old widower with an 11-year-old daughter and was a U.S. soldier serving in Iraq. To make his profile more convincing, the scammers posted pictures of a good-looking soldier in uniform as well as others of him topless.The conmen even used a picture of a little girl, telling Miss Roberts, an administrator from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, it was his daughter.She said: ‘I did have doubts but everything he told me sounded reasonable and I was in love.‘He told me he couldn’t tell me much about his job for security reasons and I accepted that.’ Between October 2009 and July last year Miss Roberts handed over £80,000. She made regular payments of thousands via Western Union and even paid cash directly into what she believed was his bank account as he told her he had no money.He asked for at least £20,000 from her to buy official military ‘leave passes’. He claimed he was unable to take leave and could only get it by using fake documents he needed to pay for. On several occasions, a man claiming to be the soldier’s commander rang her to reassure her he was about to fly to Britain. But she discovered it was a scam when she arranged for[b] £12,000 [/b] to be sent to one of his friends to pay for his airfare to Britain and he suddenly stopped contacting her. She said: ‘One day he just stopped emailing me and didn’t call me.‘I drove down to an army base in Cambridgeshire which he’d told me he had been in for three years but they had never heard of him. I called the police and my phone company traced the phone he had used back to a mobile number in Nigeria.’She was later told by police that she was the victim of a scam. Eight months later, Miss Roberts was forced to sell her home to pay off the huge debts. She said: ‘Aside from losing the money I feel like I’ve lost the love of my life. I know he wasn’t real, but the feelings were real to me and that’s very difficult to come to terms with. Hundreds of other women must be getting conned right now.’ Both the police and the U.S. embassy have begun investigations into the scam.
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| Crime / Nigeria Fraudsters Scamed A Lonely British Woman To The Tune Of £80,000 by adeomoba2(m): 9:19am On Feb 01, 2011 |
The lonely heart scam: Mother sent £80,000 to a man she thought was a charming U.S. soldier, but she'd been conned by Nigerian fraudsters Divorced and lonely, Kate Roberts thought her luck had changed when a charming U.S. soldier started chatting to her on a dating website.When he told he loved her, she thought it was almost too good to be true. And sadly, it was.The ‘soldier’ was in fact a member of a sophisticated Nigerian gang set up to exploit vulnerable women and convince them to hand over money. Miss Roberts gave £80,000 to the gang after taking out credit cards, loans and borrowing from family and friends. She has now had to sell her house to pay off the crippling debts.The 47-year-old yesterday warned others to be on their guard saying: ‘I was well and truly taken in and I don’t want anyone else to go through what I did.’The mother-of-three was first approached when she set up a profile on the Friends Reunited Dating website in October 2009. She started exchanging emails with a man calling himself Sergeant Ray Smith and chatting to him several times a day on MSN messenger.He soon persuaded her to send him[b] £225 [/b] for a phone line and a man with an American accent calling himself Mark began ringing her almost every day.He claimed he was a 43-year-old widower with an 11-year-old daughter and was a U.S. soldier serving in Iraq. To make his profile more convincing, the scammers posted pictures of a good-looking soldier in uniform as well as others of him topless.The conmen even used a picture of a little girl, telling Miss Roberts, an administrator from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, it was his daughter.She said: ‘I did have doubts but everything he told me sounded reasonable and I was in love.‘He told me he couldn’t tell me much about his job for security reasons and I accepted that.’ Between October 2009 and July last year Miss Roberts handed over £80,000. She made regular payments of thousands via Western Union and even paid cash directly into what she believed was his bank account as he told her he had no money.He asked for at least £20,000 from her to buy official military ‘leave passes’. He claimed he was unable to take leave and could only get it by using fake documents he needed to pay for. On several occasions, a man claiming to be the soldier’s commander rang her to reassure her he was about to fly to Britain. But she discovered it was a scam when she arranged for[b] £12,000 [/b] to be sent to one of his friends to pay for his airfare to Britain and he suddenly stopped contacting her. She said: ‘One day he just stopped emailing me and didn’t call me.‘I drove down to an army base in Cambridgeshire which he’d told me he had been in for three years but they had never heard of him. I called the police and my phone company traced the phone he had used back to a mobile number in Nigeria.’She was later told by police that she was the victim of a scam. Eight months later, Miss Roberts was forced to sell her home to pay off the huge debts. She said: ‘Aside from losing the money I feel like I’ve lost the love of my life. I know he wasn’t real, but the feelings were real to me and that’s very difficult to come to terms with. Hundreds of other women must be getting conned right now.’ Both the police and the U.S. embassy have begun investigations into the scam.
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| Romance / What Are The 10 Ways You Know He Or She's Right The One: ? by adeomoba2(m): 9:24am On Jan 12, 2011 |
What are the 10 ways you know he or she's right the one, ? Part time fling or long term lover? It's the eternal question. He's cute, funny and your friends love him, but is that enough? How do you know he's ‘the one? Please raise 10 factors to consider and if he/she can meet at least nine of them then hold tight because he/she might just be the one you've been looking for, your comment highly appreciated.
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| Crime / Re: 9ija Man Jailed For Identity Theft In Uk by adeomoba2(m): 8:59am On Dec 29, 2010 |
Aloy_Emeka: Nice one bro, I believe your thought because in those days, people aren't in any way shape or form into identity theft and the pranks isn't as rampant as it is now a days, true talk all this people including the so called real Mr akintola and the fake Mr akintola's wife would all know about it just trying to hang the fake Mr akintold dry out. |
| Politics / 9ija Man Jailed For Identity Theft In Uk by adeomoba2(m): 11:27am On Dec 24, 2010 |
Who ARE you? Wife of 22 years pleads with husband to reveal his true identity – but he refuses A father stole the name of another man and used it for 22 years, not even revealing the truth to his wife and child. In a case that draws parallels to the plot of the hit TV hit series Mad Men, 'Mark Akintola' has refused to tell his wife who he really is, despite being unmasked in court.He used the stolen name to apply for passports and obtain jobs in London, as well as to get married and bring up a daughter, who is now 17.In U.S. series Mad Men, lead character Don Draper assumes his name after stealing it from a dead comrade in the Korean War, but keeps wife Betty in the dark. The real Mr Akintola moved to the United States in 1979 and had no idea someone had been using his identity in the UK.It was only in September this year when the thief applied for a passport renewal and officials double checked his credentials that the lie was uncovered.The man - still insisting on using the name Akintola - was jailed for two years after admitting a string of fraud offences at Southwark Crown Court. As he was led to the cells, his wife, whose name was not revealed in the proceedings, stood up in the well of court and pointed her finger at him.She shouted: 'Your daughter's got a right to know who you are. You are damn out of order.' Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said he could understand her feelings, but asked her to leave the court. Passing sentence, he told the defendant: 'About the one thing I am certain of in this case is that you are not Mark Akintola, but that is the name I am going to sentence you under.'Some time ago, as long ago as 1988, you adopted this false identity, and you have continued to be in this country in that identity. 'The evidence suggests you lived a law abiding life, save that you have continuously obtained passports or identity documents in that false name.'I can't ignore the fact that you have broken the law on as many occasions as you have fraudulently obtained proof of identity of being in this country.' Although the false Mr Akintola's true identity is not known, it is thought he is originally from Nigeria, and he is likely to be deported back there on his release.Usha Shergill, prosecuting, said the defendant, who claims to be 50-years-old, stole Mr Akintola's identity some time after he emigrated in 1979. As the real Mark Akintola is a British citizen, he was able to apply for UK documents under his name, obtaining passports in 1991 and 2001.He married in 1988 under the false name, and his family only discovered that he was not who he claimed to be earlier this year after an immigration official investigated his most recent passport application.Police raided his home, and found false British and Nigerian passports, again in the name Akintola, as well as a false driving licence. In interview, the defendant insisted there had been a mix-up, and he was the real Mr Akintola.Sumita Mahtab-Shaikh, defending, said her client had worked as a kitchen porter and bellhop in various Central London hotels. She said: 'He has never been in trouble with the police before. He has been working hard and now has a family life in this country as well.' The defendant, of Sydenham, South East London, admitted obtaining property by deception, fraud and three counts of possessing false ID documents with intent. Dear readers what should the wife do ?
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| Crime / 9ija Man Jailed For Identity Theft In Uk by adeomoba2(m): 11:06am On Dec 24, 2010 |
Who ARE you? Wife of 22 years pleads with husband to reveal his true identity – but he refuses A father stole the name of another man and used it for 22 years, not even revealing the truth to his wife and child. In a case that draws parallels to the plot of the hit TV hit series Mad Men, 'Mark Akintola' has refused to tell his wife who he really is, despite being unmasked in court.He used the stolen name to apply for passports and obtain jobs in London, as well as to get married and bring up a daughter, who is now 17.In U.S. series Mad Men, lead character Don Draper assumes his name after stealing it from a dead comrade in the Korean War, but keeps wife Betty in the dark. The real Mr Akintola moved to the United States in 1979 and had no idea someone had been using his identity in the UK.It was only in September this year when the thief applied for a passport renewal and officials double checked his credentials that the lie was uncovered.The man - still insisting on using the name Akintola - was jailed for two years after admitting a string of fraud offences at Southwark Crown Court. As he was led to the cells, his wife, whose name was not revealed in the proceedings, stood up in the well of court and pointed her finger at him.She shouted: 'Your daughter's got a right to know who you are. You are damn out of order.' Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith said he could understand her feelings, but asked her to leave the court. Passing sentence, he told the defendant: 'About the one thing I am certain of in this case is that you are not Mark Akintola, but that is the name I am going to sentence you under.'Some time ago, as long ago as 1988, you adopted this false identity, and you have continued to be in this country in that identity. 'The evidence suggests you lived a law abiding life, save that you have continuously obtained passports or identity documents in that false name.'I can't ignore the fact that you have broken the law on as many occasions as you have fraudulently obtained proof of identity of being in this country.' Although the false Mr Akintola's true identity is not known, it is thought he is originally from Nigeria, and he is likely to be deported back there on his release.Usha Shergill, prosecuting, said the defendant, who claims to be 50-years-old, stole Mr Akintola's identity some time after he emigrated in 1979. As the real Mark Akintola is a British citizen, he was able to apply for UK documents under his name, obtaining passports in 1991 and 2001.He married in 1988 under the false name, and his family only discovered that he was not who he claimed to be earlier this year after an immigration official investigated his most recent passport application.Police raided his home, and found false British and Nigerian passports, again in the name Akintola, as well as a false driving licence. In interview, the defendant insisted there had been a mix-up, and he was the real Mr Akintola.Sumita Mahtab-Shaikh, defending, said her client had worked as a kitchen porter and bellhop in various Central London hotels. She said: 'He has never been in trouble with the police before. He has been working hard and now has a family life in this country as well.' The defendant, of Sydenham, South East London, admitted obtaining property by deception, fraud and three counts of possessing false ID documents with intent. Dear readers what should the wife do ?
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| Nairaland / General / New Finger Print Id System For Websites,no Need To Remember Passwords Ever by adeomoba2(m): 1:37pm On Dec 17, 2010 |
 With the average person having at least five online accounts it can be a struggle to remember all of the usernames and passwords. But now there is a solution - access to all your security codes at the touch of a fingertip. A new system, FingerID, uses fingerprint technology to automatically insert the correct password for whichever site you visit. It will be a godsend for people who use the same or similar passwords to get round having to remember so many. This practise tends to leave them vulnerable to hackers which was demonstrated a few days ago when media firm Gawker had more than 1.3million passwords stolen. It then urged subscribers to change their passwords because of fears that people will have used the same code on other sites, such as online banking. Once you have registered with FingerID all you have to do is input your existing usernames and passwords for each of your online accounts, then scan your fingerprint. Each time you want to access your accounts after that just touch your fingerprint into the system and all the information will be saved for you so you will never need to worry about remembering them again. The system, developed by Southampton University student Sara Alotaibi as part of her Masters degree, could help protect against online fraud and identity theft. Her service, which was trialled on 100 people, has since had commercial interest and experts say it could go live in within months making her millions. Miss Alotaibi said: 'The service makes it possible for users to maintain multiple online accounts using a scan of their fingerprint as a password. 'It will allow internet users to authenticate their identity in a hassle-free manner and go about their activities in a secure environment without the fear of loss of identity and money.' To develop FingerID, Miss Alotaibi, who is originally from Saudi Arabia, evaluated existing online password systems and found most were not secure as we think. Most people tend to use the same or similar usernames and passwords for all over their online accounts and so the risk of being hacked is high. Using fingerprint readers, which can be bought for around £40, she developed a system to replace memorised passwords with fingerprint data meaning online accounts can be accessed without inputting information over and over again. Miss Alotaibi's tutor Dr David Argles, of the university's School of Electronics and Computer Science said: 'The problem is loads of us use the same username and password for a number of different sites and there are all sorts of ways a hacker can easily crack them. 'Certain websites are very silly in doing things like emailing passwords. That's like sticking information on a public notice board. 'Sara's system enables people to manage all their accounts from her site which will remember all the passwords for you. 'This makes life easier for people who may struggle with their memory or can't always see the computer screen that clearly, so sites like Facebook,Twitter, emails and online banking can be accessed at the touch of a finger. 'This could put an end to forgetting passwords and usernames and getting frozen out of our online accounts, and has the potential to help stop online fraud.' In future research Miss Alotaibi, who is shortly due to start a PhD, will look at using other aspects of authentication such as palm prints and face gestures.
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