December 24, 2008By Richard Adhikari: More stories by this author: A hacker got into the computer systems of electronic payment processing services provider RBS WorldPay, compromising more than a million customers' records.Formerly known as RBS Lynk, RBS WorldPay, which claims it has more than 20 years in the business, is the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.Personal and financial account information of about 1.5 million cardholders and other individuals, and the social security numbers (SSNs) of 1.1 million people, may have been accessed by the hacker, RBS WorldPay said in a statement announcing the break-in on Wednesday.RBS WorldPay describes the break-in as a highly sophisticated cyber intrusion on its Website.

Check out the link below and look at how sophisticated, yet simple these scams can be:What is the Lebanese Loop and how can this lead to theft at the ATM Machine?

Although I agree it is less likely with assignmants, as you typically have a more sophisticated investor involved.

Like the previous posters have said some molds are easly 'wiped' up but others require more sophisticated methods of cleanup.

But willfully taking advantage of those less sophisticated is unethical in my book.As to my credibility in your eyes: Don't care.

Selling the property without a 1031 Exchange and taking the tax hit now.There are other more sophisticated/complex strategies available, but need to be discussed with legal and tax advisors to determine level of tax risk (if audited) and suitability for the investor.

The thing to remember is that we BP'ers come from all areas of the country, all levels of education, sophistication and success.

There may be more sophisticated systems that I'm not aware of, but these work fine.

Your investors need to be accredited or sophisticated, you need to be careful about advertisement and you need to follow the correct guidelines. 

I'm sure he, along with a room full of attorneys and sophisticated buyers pulled off that deal just fine.