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?
In the 'Star Wars' universe, it was Luke Skywalker's Rogue Squadron that was largely responsible for driving back the forces of the evil empire. However, in the world of computing, just about anything labeled "rogue" is a very bad thing indeed. So, reports of "rogue friends" on MySpace don't sound promising, and indeed they are not. Hacked and bogus accounts are nothing new on MySpace, but now they're packing viruses and have the potential to take over your computer.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
travelinvasion said 3:06PM on 1-17-2008
If you are reading this message, it means your computer is now infected
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Chaz said 3:34PM on 1-17-2008
These morons that put viruses on computers,execute one of them and mavbe they will stop.
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Dred said 4:09PM on 1-17-2008
Speaking as someone who has had his computer "hijacked" twice, all I can say about the needle dick dweebs who do this crap: beheading would be too kind a treatment. They have taken advantage of a necessity - the use of computers and the internet for commerce - and turned what is already a difficult situation into a nightmare. These people - the needle dick virus punks - add nothing to life and do not deserve it. I have no idea who they are but I do know that they are lower than pond scum on the chain of life and need to be eradicated forever.
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Ron said 4:14PM on 1-17-2008
What if your on auto downloads.
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Maria Stars said 4:17PM on 1-17-2008
Another fantastic reason to NEVER touch MySpace.com. I wouldn't touch it with a 10ft. pole!
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Leigh said 4:18PM on 1-17-2008
I have a similar virus. It easily disabled through msconfig. Too bad these hacker kids can't direct their energy in a positive way.
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Bubba said 4:29PM on 1-17-2008
I am one of the few (I assume) that has never been there and have no interest in going to any my space place. So that does not mean I am fully protected or does it??? I am not sure...any one...please answer!!!
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Gracie said 4:31PM on 1-17-2008
Sick,I mean can someone answer this question? Why do they do it? Also look for a "POP up" the keeps blocking your tabs on mySpace. If you are not careful you will click it.
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ByteofK said 4:40PM on 1-17-2008
Of course it doesn't matter if you're on auto-download, the link isn't an official download so it won't download automatically!
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Buddy said 4:56PM on 1-17-2008
I say we super glue the assholes balls and meat whistle inside his ass if it were a man. A women, well then I say we super glue her curtains shut as well. Perhaps only then will they realize the damage they do.
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Webman said 5:11PM on 1-17-2008
Wow. They're not gonna get me!
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Dream said 5:23PM on 1-17-2008
You dont have to be on myspace to get viruses...myspace isnt the only site that has that issues...yahoo, aol, msn and so forth has all the same issues with those hackers around...only one thing can be done.....DONT OPEN OR DOWNLOAD SOMETHING YOU DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT!!!! DUH!!!!
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Ben said 5:23PM on 1-17-2008
Ohhh! Yeah, I had this nasty virus one time too. But I just went to the doctor and he gave me some penicillin. It went away.
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Dave said 5:31PM on 1-17-2008
Creating a virus to screw with people you never knew or ever will, what a great way to be hateful.That about sums it up to me.Totally useless.
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ricky whitten said 5:37PM on 1-17-2008
It may be the Secret Government Spooks doing this to quell free speech?
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catlady.brett said 5:40PM on 1-17-2008
i got a virus once and my computer wouldnt work at all for three weeks! it wouldnt even load at all! i had to get some of the best technical help, and it still took THAT long! Even worse, once my computer was running again, i found that everything was gone! and i mean EVERYTHING! i had to reinstall all my programs, my music was gone, and all my school documents were gone! i never thought something like that would happen to me so i never backed up any of my files, but it did. and it took me a good month to restore most of my stuff. even now probably a good 20% is missing.
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jbjj48 said 6:05PM on 1-17-2008
PEOPLE CAN DO HARM THAN GOOD!!!!
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Frankly said 6:07PM on 1-17-2008
Bush did it along with some help from Global warming.
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Jerome Thomas said 6:55PM on 1-17-2008
One of the benefits of growing up is learning whom to trust. I can hardly imagine anyone dumb and careless enough to downoad anything - let alone an executable file - from a person they have never met in person. Common sense, especially among adolescents, isn't common at all. It is rare.
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rick said 7:28PM on 1-17-2008
chaz you got one thing wrong you said kill one of these guys WRONG:"FIND AND KILL THEM ALL"
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