Boring plodders have sometimes made history

One man's ennui is another man's earner, which is why we have accountants, cleaners and cooks. Or indeed, crooks, to judge by another report that emerged last week from the Fraud Advisory Panel. Those cash machine receipts and credit card details we mean to check but never do are said to be falling into the hands of criminals, who use them to plunder bank accounts and acquire false identities.
· Documents from the US Espionage Den [Telegraph(UK) ]