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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Benjamin Wright said 11:04AM on 9-04-2008
A hacker who propogates zombies is persuing a dangerous line of work. Yes, it is possible to infect many machines. But in this Age of Information, technology makes infinite records about the hacker, his identity and his location. Those records can trace back like footprints to the criminal. Law enforcement is not powerless here. --Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2007/12/people-in-authority-sometimes-abuse.html
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keith said 1:03AM on 9-14-2008
As far as spyware and virus attacks go. Lets just say all of these attacks are illusions made by certain people out to hustle money and take advantage from certain companies. Now the person is not the average person however.
How a virus works...
Lets say its all about the person who wishes to make 100,000 a year. phycology is a main factor why they believe they earned the right to do this. This is what the tech and marketer in America wishes to make. So how would they make it after the crash that happened after 2000.
MMM
FIRST YOU GO TO A BIG COMPANY LETS SAY E harmony. You offer to advertise the company on google or similar for 10,000
The company gives that person 10,000 for the advertisement but little to they know the true strategy's to advertise.
8 out of 10 people today are the average every day worker who does not know a damn about being a geek in computer repair. ,
8 out of 10 people today download music from limewire, myspace, Aim and actually think its ok.
So what does the crooked marketer or tech do. Install a virus and integrate the advertisers website add along with porn in the virus or trojan.
Then the crooked
marketer puts the virus or trojan on limewire or any psp and renames it something adult or illegal music.
Now here is where the fun begins. The average every day person who downloads these files indirectly receives the trogan and sees the advertiser along with the porn. Now that person thinks the trojan came from porn when actually it was from the marketers add . Most viruses come from America also.
The truth is , the marketer or Tech have designed a way to take advantage of a big company and make an illusion that the hits on their web site is from legitimate advertisements.
They are not.
This is a hint why this is too big to stop the crooks who are the ones who run the Internet.
Most trogans come from status A Ips who are only owned from Government, Colleges and people who birthed the world wide web before or near 2000.
TaKE CARE
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