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 1 of 1)
I crack me up! said 12:39PM on 11-22-2008
Did he call his cousin BIN LADIN?
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dessy said 3:35PM on 11-23-2008
I feel that whomever you are...whether president or a person in no-where town...you should have the right of privacy whether it be what your doctor appts, your medications you take, the schools you send your children to or even your cell phone payments, contacts and appts...whatever...it should be kept private unless you give permission to the press to publicize it.
kperdue said 1:01PM on 11-22-2008
On leave? Fired? I say prosecute. Enough is enough. I say there has to be many FEDERAL LAWS violated here. This isn't a joke.
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Benjmain Wright said 2:18PM on 11-22-2008
It is astonishing how common these stories (so-called "secrets" of powerful people compromised) are becoming! They point up a larger, philosophical observation: In this age of information, the rich, the powerful and the authoritative surprisingly find that they can keep no secrets. Therefore putative secrets become liabilities. People with something to lose should operate on the assumption that they can keep no secrets. --Ben http://hack-igations.blogspot.com/2007/12/people-in-authority-sometimes-abuse.html
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Cheese said 2:48PM on 11-22-2008
Stop with the anti-Obama jokes. Whether you like it (which I do) or not he's president now.
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Kurt said 9:20PM on 11-22-2008
Just go here, www.verizonpathetic.com ,and learn how great VW isnt.
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sam krajacic said 1:32AM on 11-23-2008
This is a drop in the bucket compared to the oboma squad and the not so most trusted name in news did to the american public during this campane. I am regestered independent though after this election I would likre to regester insaine. OBOMA WILL FIT RIGHT IN WITH THE PORK BELLY SPENDING AND PALOSIES IN DC. He has enough courption in his background to be a 20 year veteran of DC. If your going to hang yhe verizon employies you need not stop there what about the gov employee who searched joe the plumers background, the dem congress women who wouldn't give up the list of new regestered voters enlisted by acorn because she had better things to do, or the judge who through out obomas birth certificate case. Or the fact that oboma was the secound largest recipiant of money from fany mae before they went under. Thats right you have to do research to find the truth out because your not going to get it from your trusted news sorce. Yea my grammer and spelling may suck to the land of sodom and gamorith(calafornia) but this gun loven bible huggen bitter Penn. will be eating tenderloin and wild turkey in though times while you west coast coolaid drinkers will be dining on gravey train and meow mix. This is not about raceisam, it is about the truth. The truth is NEVER POPULAR BUT IT IS ALLWAYS RIGHT.
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tara said 9:04AM on 11-23-2008
Face it people your President is BLACK!!!!
What does race have to do with someone's phone being hacked or account looked at without permission?? The same thing would of happened if Mccain was elected. Just peple being nosy!!!
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Stoop Dogg said 4:28PM on 11-23-2008
I didn't vote for either McCain or I'llBomba, I voted for Cynthia McKinney, who is one of the best Representatives this country has ever seen and it's really too bad she didn't get more votes.
If you all recall, Barack I'llBomba voted for the FISA bill which exonerated AT&T for it's massive phone tapping operation. I don't know how you all feel about having the government having access not only to whom you called without a warrant, but access to your actual conversations.
This is exactly what all our troops have supposedly been fighting against since WWII. And now our government is condoning it.
I also don't like the fact that he's pledged to send cruise missles into a country without their permission in order to "kill terrorists". How many weddings have to be crushed by a cruise missle before this madness stops? And what ever happened to due process of law? Aren't we supposed to put these people on trial?
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ANN HOWELL said 6:34PM on 11-23-2008
I worked at vzw for five yrs,before becoming sickand had to resign. Verizon is a very good company,and by far the best celluar company in all America.But believe me, Verizon doesn't tolerate foolish from their employees,they have a business code and ethics to live by while you are employed their.While i was their i had the honor of speaking with some of Verizons top customers,when their call to me ended,that was it. I would never snooped into these peoples accounts,because i wasn't interested in whom they called,all i had to do was listen to their calls, give feedback and hangup. Verizon train their people to be responsible and take ownership of their calls,not to hunt down who they are talking to.Shame on you who ever you are for not following the business ethics VERIZON HAS IN PLACE FOR ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES TO FOLLOW.PRESIDENT -ELECT OBAMA,ON BEHALF OF VERIZON WIRELESS AND IT'S EMPLOYEES AND MR. LOWELL ADAMS,PRESIDENT,We are very sorry about this incident and believe me it will never happen again. Besides my son is now employed with Verizon,and I made sure to enlighten him on a lot of things at VERIZON.STILL THE BEST NETWORK IN THE WORLD . Mr. Obama,don't give up on us , the company will make sure this willl never happen again,you and other subscribers can take this to the bank.this is a done deal.Stay with the best network in the country,MR. OBAMA AND WE WILL MAKE SURE MRS. OBAMA FEELS SAFE WITH HER CALING PLANS AND WE WILL HAVE NO ONE MONITORING HER CALLS EITHER. Good luck Verizon and keep the faith.
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GhostDoggy said 7:23AM on 11-24-2008
We are talking about one company engaging in snooping of one person's electronic conversations. Whoopie! How about the other companies conducting communications-snooping on thousands of people? I would tend to care more about Big Brother snooping on my calls than someone else's calls.
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