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?
When it comes to online social networks, MySpace has long been the proverbial 800-pound gorilla. Lately that's been changing, with Facebook quickly bulking up and catching its rival, signing up far more people each month than MySpace. As of two months ago, the 'Book (founded by Marc Zuckerberg, pictured) finally surpassed its rival, becoming the most visited social network in the world.
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Mr. Javo said 10:45AM on 6-15-2008
Facebook for the win! It's more fun than MySpace...
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Leroy Vargas said 4:02PM on 6-15-2008
YES, but now we're getting a lot of spammers and scammers on Facebook. Some applications that provide certain bonuses actually harbor e-mail spammers that will start to spam your Facebook-associated email's inbox the very moment you type the address.
And on Facebook Marketplace, I have received fraudulent purchase offers from what appear to be stolen or phantom Facebookers (first they ask you if you accept checks, then they ask you if you can trust them so they can send you ludicrously-huge checks drawn from stolen or non-existing bank accounts so you can then deduct your price and handling fees for your item and then re-wire the rest via Western Union to some phantom private shipper who would supposedly pick up your item; and the names and addresses on the checks don't match those on their UPS envelopes or even those on their Facebook profiles).
And most recently, there are several Facebookers who post cyber-sex invitations or other fraudulent links on open-to-everybody Facebook groups, thus forcing several group admins to permanently close their Walls or disable photo submissions.
So watch out and be careful not to fall into SPAM or SCAM!!!
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Jennifer said 10:55PM on 8-08-2008
Had both at one point, just to spy on people and read their personal business. Their personal business was boring and homogeneous; all anyone talked about was the same old fashion, trendy (and boring) TV shows, and bad things about other people. Yawn. Needless to say, I deleted them both shortly after creating them.
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