Fake email gets 400 responses and $78,000 stolen

relayer · March 23, 2004 5:01AM

If spam marketers could get this kind of response, they'd be very happy

A 19-year-old pleaded guilty to stealing identities with fake e-mails

Russ · March 23, 2004 5:03AM

<< A 19-year-old pleaded guilty >>

"Pleaded"? The writer must have attended public schools.

<< It's impossible for consumers to tell whether they've gotten an e-mail from a legitimate company or a con artist >>

Horse crap. All one has to do is check the headers.

Russ, NCNE

mgoodm3 · March 23, 2004 5:06AM

I bet he made the ultimate robot, a girl robot to take to the prom.

nwcs · March 23, 2004 5:09AM

Actually, pleaded is the correct word. Some people are just gullable enough to fall for fake emails like this.

nOoBiEeE · March 23, 2004 5:09AM

This reminds me of those Identity Theft commercials when you the people talk but it's the voice of the person who scammed them. Very scarey to see things like this.

baccaruda · March 23, 2004 5:09AM

I think "pleaded" is a less-acceptable pastense of plead. Didn't we cover that here before? I wish they would put me in charge of punishment for our young 19-year old.

gsaguy · March 23, 2004 5:12AM

Bac,

Would that be as opposed to an old 19 year-old?

GSAGUY

Russ · March 23, 2004 5:15AM

<< I wish they would put me in charge of punishment for our young 19-year old. >>

You'd have to get in line behind me. Then, when I was done warming up with him, I'd go after the spammers.

<< Actually, pleaded is the correct word. >>

Not according to the principles of Strunk and White.

Russ, NCNE

baccaruda · March 23, 2004 5:17AM

Yes, GSA - good catch. Too bad your political views are not as sharp as your eye for punctuation...

gsaguy · March 23, 2004 5:19AM

I don't think that's an issue of punctuation.............and my political skills are just fine, thank you.

GSAGUY

baccaruda · March 23, 2004 5:20AM

You'd have to get in line behind me. Then, when I was done warming up with him, I'd go after the spammers.

Fine, but you better not cause him any significant nerve damage before I get to him. I'd hire a team of world-class surgeons to make sure that he's aware of every blessed second of his "correction".

DrWho · March 23, 2004 5:24AM

Let the court administer justice. I suspect restitution will be a part of the sentence. Given that the youth has a whole life to live and lead, it would not be reasonable to punish to the extreme. And haven't we all transgressed? Punishment to fit the crime. Restitution, whether or not he must work a 100 years. That, and the police hussle, ought to scare him from another such endeavor. Jail time, even a felony on the record, does not fit the magnitude of the crime. No sense in ruining a youth that 'may' be a good citizen in the future. Our criminal justice system is focused on rehabilitation. A prison sentance would ruin the youth for life. When he got out, crime would be his first choice, especially with the street education provided by the prison system. No tolerance, one strike rules, do nothing to build a better citizen. IMHO.

baccaruda · March 23, 2004 5:24AM

GSA, don't make me drag you into the Open Forum for another whoopin'.

Russ · March 23, 2004 5:27AM

<< That, and the police hussle, ought to scare him from another such endeavor. >>

Uh, yeah, okay.

Lock the punk up and throw away the key. Oh, and make sure he gets roomed with a giant homosexual named Bruno.

Russ, NCNE

gsaguy · March 23, 2004 5:27AM

Another whoppin?

Would that be the one where you awarded yourself a GSAGUY-slam?

GSAGUY

baccaruda · March 23, 2004 5:28AM

DrWho -

I like the X-acto knife and blow-torch method of justice myself. But I'll agree we don't have to get extreme - none of his sentence would be carried out publicly.

baccaruda · March 23, 2004 5:33AM

Would that be the one where you awarded yourself a GSAGUY-slam?

You better believe it, and I'm in the mood for scrappin' today too.

gsaguy · March 23, 2004 5:36AM

Good, just make sure you wash your hands.

GSAGUY

Fake email gets 400 responses and $78,000 stolen

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