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?
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Tigre said 12:58AM on 8-22-2008
This is a pretty good idea. I think the government should us a system like this with our military so that when they're kidnapped we can easily track them and hopefully bring them back alive.
Although now that news of this microchip is now public you know the kidnappers are going to search the body for it or get some sort of device that can tell where it's located in the body. If this happens then they're back to square one.
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DarkLight said 1:53AM on 8-22-2008
No need to do such a thing - just build a faraday room and everything's gone (phone, GPS, implants, you name it)....
Problem is, Mexican kidnappers (or most Mexican people for that matter - they only care about cellphones and "iPods"... I'm one of the few Mexicans who actually know/care about how the "life" works) are too ignorant to know what a faraday cage is...
Matt said 2:06AM on 8-22-2008
It's only a matter of time before the slave drivers find a way to utilize this technology to track their human merchandise.
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Unknown said 5:51PM on 8-22-2008
That'll be the NWO's excuse to use it on the rest of us. The MO is create or foment the danger then offer the "solution."
iansilv said 4:35AM on 8-22-2008
I want to know when the US military is going to use satellite technology to map the route that US troops are going to use to just go down and kill the known drug and crime lords. It's Mexico- it's right next to us, and I am sick of hearing about the drug and kidnapping violence. Sorry if it sounds racist / nationalist / or whatever "ist" you want to label my attitude as. But if the Mexican "government" can't get it together, then we need to help them along.
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JagerRev said 2:08AM on 8-24-2008
EVIL!!! Bad bad bad bad bad.....
This is EXACTLY the mass hysteria causing news that is going to usher forth Orwell's "1984"......
Kidnappings are tragic sad sad horrible events.....but implanting EVERYONE with GPS chips opens doors for SOOOOOOOOOO many other problems.......
Even with the use of statistics like "jumped 40%", it's an attempt to scare everyone into getting these chips so that one day all governments everywhere will be able to tell where EVERYONE is at all times...
"Those who sacrifice liberty for security have neither." - Ben Franklin
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wake me up said 5:21PM on 8-24-2008
People You better start taking this implant thing seriously . Next thing you know we wil be made to have them just to buy and sell. oh i wonder where i heard that from before it happened.
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greenhalge said 7:54PM on 8-24-2008
Old news. I was exporting automotive products into Mexico City through-out the 90's and my importer and his whole family were chipped back in 1995.
The kidnappings were happening then to many of the wealthiest families in different manufacturing arenas. On top of that they had bodyguards for their children that acted as doormen in their homes.
But I do agree the chip industry has been doing all it can to force their products on us for this type of use. They also push it heavily for Alzheimer's patients in Europe.
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Diane said 9:45PM on 8-24-2008
Chipping is a wonderful idea. Think if someone took your child, wouldn't you want to have an advantage in finding them? Think of all the senseless murders by men who killed their ex's. If the men could be chipped and the women wear a receiver to tell her the man is getting within a 1/2 mile away, she would have an advantage. If they can chip animals now, humans should be chipped too.
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Jay said 4:45PM on 8-25-2008
wow
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Fred Schamberger said 3:42PM on 8-26-2008
This is only for sale in Mexico because people down there are stupid enough to think that a RFID tag can transmit signals tens of thousands of feet to a sattelite. This is the same that you use for identifying a pet when lost. IT IS NOT GPS. IT IS NOT A TRANSMITTER. Those devices use far more power than can be provided in a total package less than 1 gram in mass. If they made these claims for their product in the US, the FTC would have their asses sliced thinly on a tarnished silver plate.
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