Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 4)
thezatorade said 11:01PM on 11-13-2007
if people would just think about these things, we wouldnt have these epidemics of pure stupidity resulting in mass chaos. honestly, we are getting easier to fool each year!
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Sharon said 3:23PM on 11-14-2007
Two (2)things to remember: 1- You can't cheat an honest man.
2- If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is!
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Bob said 3:37PM on 11-14-2007
Some people are just plain stupid and fall for these scams. It is hard to believe that the Nigerian type scams are still appearing. Some idiots must still fall them or else they would have stopped sending them. Yet I have never heard of one arrest being made.
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Lou said 4:28PM on 11-14-2007
Angela I am sorry to say that this happend when you "signed into" you're myspace. It was a fake site that looked like a legit myspace page. They had your user name and password and used that info to send out more phishing links. You fixed it when you changed your password. Also, not everthing on the internet is connected. The only info you have exposed to them is whatever is on your myspace page. If you used the same password for your e-mail/bank account/anything else you should change those as well. Esp. Since your the kind of person who when posting a comment actually puts their FULL NAME in the "Name" Box.
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Lou said 4:33PM on 11-14-2007
Oh.. I forgot to mention. Something new to the whole phishing arena is the ability to make the "Delete comment" link fake and send you to false myspace. Just right click the link and scroll down to properties. In that window it will tell you the address of the webpage. Its usually a jumble of numbers and letters if its false.
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cher said 5:14PM on 11-14-2007
If it sounds to good to be true, IT IS!!! Duhhh.... No one is giving away anything for free, EVER.
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love ..lol said 5:28PM on 11-14-2007
It's all a scam. Why can't people know this? Just like all the free gifts, if you order junk. That is not free when you have to subscribe to junk they are selling. Just like all those UK scams. Lottery winnings/death notices to get cash from the UK bank. All scams. I don't even think anything in life is FREE. lol report them to SPAM@UCE.GOV
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love ..lol said 5:34PM on 11-14-2007
How can people fall for those scams? They are all over the net, television, newspapers, and people still give out their personal information. Nothing is free .... when you receive those scams letters, especially from Nigeria and the UK, forward them to - SPAM@UCE.GOV
The goverment is finally checking into them.
SPAM@UCE.GOV
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kyle said 5:38PM on 11-14-2007
Free money, free computers, free gift cards, free trips. You won the lottery ...someone passed away and they want to give you their money they left in the bank ...What scams.
If you fall for them, I also have a "bridge" to sell you, really cheap. Give me all your personal data and I'll send you part of the bridge. lol
Be careful with those cons and scams. Report them - to - SPAM@UCE.GOV Don't get ripped off.
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me said 6:04PM on 11-14-2007
How are people still dumb enough to actually click on these? It's nothing new and it's common sense to NOT click on these things. If anyone is dumb enough to fall for this, they deserve to have it happen. It's not hard to avoid this stuff.
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Doug said 6:20PM on 11-14-2007
My bulk mail has 20 to 50 offers per day from gift cards to laptops. I made the mistake of filling out the coke rewards and I believe they sold that info to anyone and everyone. There ain't no free lunch.
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media wiz said 7:07PM on 11-14-2007
Anyone with half a brain should know that nothing is free. I've gotten those emails not just about free Macy's gift cards but also Walmart, Costco, JCPenney and Bloomingdales. Some of them say "You could receive a free giftcard from blah-blah if you complete this survey..."
Another to avoid is the "work from home" emails. They're mostly pyramid schemes.
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trepanier said 8:52PM on 11-14-2007
although most everybody has seen these, it's sometimes tough to warn the kids and get them to pay attention. it's necessary to have a good antivirus/spyware software. the best????????
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Franklin Applebee said 12:01PM on 11-15-2007
Uh, there are legitimate offers for those giftcards, you just have to sign up for different freebies, and you get a giftcard. It's just like those free ipod promotions (from a couple years ago).
The myspace thing is different, those guys are doing identity theft and whatnot, a totally different thing.
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Ann said 4:22AM on 11-20-2007
when I was a newcomer to the Internet I filled out "surveys" in return for a promise of free, TV, cosmetics, etc.. I never, repeat NEVER got any of these free gifts for my "participation"... I just delete these offers now... phishing is something that happens fairly often to me especially in connection with ebay and paypal related stuff; I dutifully FORWARD these to their spoof - sites and NEVER open ANY LINKS but must say I'm surprised that this company seems so helpless in their efforts to put these criminals out of business; they always respond, promise make nice promises, but phishing emails appear fairly regularly and their authors are very "creative" to say the least and therefore very dangerous...
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Ann said 4:43AM on 11-20-2007
...another type of phishing I am "privileged" to get is the lottery type...I would get emails "coming from UK, Africa, Nigeria" about someone dying and leaving a huge sum that they prefer to give me instead of some no- good relatives, or, a politically persecuted individual or group wants to rescue their assets from government, groups, etc. and in return that I allow them to transfer these funds to my account, I get a handsome
"reward", typically around 3-5 million dollars as the funds they want to transfer are around 15 million... I'm sure others have seen these, but I'm concerned as I see how vulnerable we consumers are, how difficult it is to get meaningful help and wonder where are "our elected" ones to do something about this?...never mind trying to answer the last question...
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Gummie said 10:11AM on 11-20-2007
www.myhighschoolsucks.com
I hear this site is going to blow up soon.
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mike said 9:24AM on 1-30-2008
i found a website that seems to explain what this gift card crap is about, it's been bugging me for so long! anyway it's www.net-watchdog.com
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Julie said 8:42PM on 4-10-2008
How do you get rid of the spam if you accidentaly signed up on the Macy's gift card scam??? HELP!!!
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Vlad said 11:40AM on 5-29-2008
This has to be the best scam going!
FROM:MR MORGAN WIMPOE,
105 2ND AVE. SANDTON, 1892,
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
PHONE+27 78 7634400
ATTN:MD/C.E.O,
Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you. Although
we never met before, I have every reason to believe that you are a
highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your
profile from a human resource profile database on your country.Though, I
do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and fragile
political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines in
the CNN, BBC news bulletins, My name is Mr.Morgan Yormie Wimpoe , from
Liberia, a Country in West Africa. My Father Mr John Yormie Wimpoe
former DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY in LIBERIA. My Father was
falsely accused of plotting to remove the then PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
(CHARLES TAYLOR) from office. Without trial, Charles Taylor killed him.
you can verify this from these international newspaper website below:
(i) http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
Before he was killed, my Father instructed me to escape with my family
to a hide out in JOHANNESBOURG, SOUTH AFRICA, and he confided in me that
he left some money in a Diplomatic Trust Company in Abroad, (name
withheld for security reasons) . All i require from you is to assist me
in claiming the fund (sealed in diplomatic consignment) from security
company and invest in your country. When you claim the fund, i shall
come over to your country with my Family so that we can start a new life
If you may ask why do I need a foreign assistance or why can't i take
the cash transfer by myself? The answer is that there was an exclusion
clause in the original agreement between the company and my father
which states unambiguously that 'nobody, not even himself, can have
access to the consignment in the company, and it has to be transferred
to a foreign beneficiary outside Africa. This was done because he
envisaged his arrest and this clause were inserted to prevent any
seizure or infiltration of the fund.
My decision to contact you is therefore, informed by this and due to my
present social status and total ignorance of the business world. I
believe you will appreciate the enormity of trust I repose on you by
placing the fortunes of our family in your care. Permit me to request
that you should reassure me that you would not let me down in any way.
On my part, this is my assurance and guarantee to you.In as much as you
follow my instructions carefully, religiously and promptly my guarantee
of a hitch-free success remains unshakable. I have contacted the
Diplomatic Security Firm to confirm the deposit, which is worth
$32,Million,(Thirty two million United State Dollars Only). You will be
given 20% of the total sum at the end of the transaction. If you will be
willing to assist us claim the money and invest it in your country. I
want to assure you that all modalities are in place and it is a risk
free transaction.
Kindly include your Full names, Private Telephone and Fax numbers where
you can always be reach, Your Residential or Company Address to enable
me send some other important information across to you. This proposal is
highly restricted and should be handled as an urgent transaction
requiring trust and Confidentiality. Please reply to this email:
Sincerely,
Mr.Morgan Wimpoe.
For the family.
Phone#+27-78 7634400
Private e-mail:(morgan.wimpoe@webmail.co.za)
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