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)
Rick39 said 7:49AM on 6-18-2009
Number 1 rule. NEVER..NEVER ..open a spam e mail. Pop ups? DELETE as soon as they pop up.
Dont' know the person or recognize the e mail name? DELETE
I open my spam folder and DELETE all of them.
"REMEMBER NOTHING IS FREE"
I'm 70 years old and have never received anything free. Their will alway be a gimmick or something to have to order or buy.
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Norma said 11:33AM on 6-18-2009
U are right, everything I have gotten I had to pay for, Nothing is free.
Russ said 9:54AM on 6-18-2009
Looks good to me
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PERRY said 10:30AM on 6-18-2009
spam would be alot less if ISP's like Hotmail and Yahoo would stop personnal emails with CHEVRONOIL and the like not to be used as a name. Only allow it so to brag how many emails are sent from their service. These are personnal addresses and this type should not be allowed.
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WILLNAX said 10:54AM on 6-18-2009
hello ARI HERE I'm cossack cuting diamond for 27 years back at hey ben back at it i see nothing i have to come plane about hey guy's back on the horse you rode in on HA ha that bad
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usa_mufan said 11:04AM on 6-18-2009
While the article preaches common sense; I am just wondering why AOL would choose to use a picture of Nazi soldiers in a German tank to headline the story??
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Justin Kase 2 said 11:23AM on 6-18-2009
AOL is the worst offender ---No popups of ANY kind should be allowed period---If a peson WANTS popups he should be obliged to ask/subscribe to/for them. AOL interferes CONSTANTLY even when one is playing games, thereby stopping messages from being sent, blocking them and ruining continuity and timing of notes---AOHELL is the worst offender period.
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Elizabeth said 11:24AM on 6-18-2009
DO NOT CALL LIST does help with the phone calls. You must dial this number
from the phone you want the calls to stop. 1-888-382-1222
This is a government service to stop calls.
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Valerie said 12:15PM on 6-18-2009
As far as I am concerned, the worst kind of 'spam' is the type of articles AOL inflicts on us on a daily basis :)
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mike said 12:54PM on 6-18-2009
aol is the worst e-mail provider hit with spam 80 + of my mail junk. i have a yahoo free account for e-mail and it may contain only 1-2 spam e-mail in 2 weeks time. GO TO YAHOO AND SIGN UP ! IT'S FREE buy none of aol spam i promise you thanks, mike
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HELENE said 1:00PM on 6-18-2009
MOST OF THE SPAM DOES GO INTO MY SPAM BOX (INCLUDING SOME IMPORTANT MAIL AS WELL) THE PROBLEM NOW IS ABOUT ALL THESE FRAUD LETTERS. SOME USING FBI HEADINGS AND OTHER USING I'M A VET BACK FROM IRAN OR YOUR BANK SAYING YOUR ACCOUNT IS IN TROUBLE ETC . WHEN I SEE IT I JUST FORWARD IT TO "SPAM.GOV" WITHOUT EVEN OPENING IT. THE PROBLEM IS THE AMOUNT OF THESE LETTERS SEEM TO INCREASE DAILY. AS FOR SOME OF THE TELEMARKETING PLACES THEY GET BY THE DO NOT CALL LIST BY CHANGING NAMES BUT USING THE SAME NUMBER. OH, ONE OTHER THING IF YOUR BANK FRAUD LETTER SAYS FOLLOW THIS LINK RIGHT TO YOUR BANK. DO NOT...... IT IS SENT TO THE PHONY SENDERS SITE. SAD BUT TRUE.
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HELGLOVIN said 1:03PM on 6-18-2009
THE COMMENT POSTED BY HELENE WAS ME I PUT IN MY NAME INSTEAD OF EMAIL HELP!
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HELGLOVIN said 1:20PM on 6-18-2009
MOST OF MY SPAM GOES INTO MY SPAM FOLDER (ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF IMPORTANT MAIL SOMETIMES) THE ONES THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR LIKE I'M JUST BACK FROM IRAN, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IS IN TROUBLE OR THE LATEST I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE FBI I JUST SEND THEM RIGHT TO "SPAM.GOV" WITHOUT EVEN OPENING THEM. CAUTION WHEN SEEING THE ONE FROM THE BANK SHOULD YOU OPEN IT DO NOT FOLLOW THE LINK OR PHONE NUMBER THAT SAYS IT GOES DIRECTLY TO YOUR BANK. IT DOES NOT IT IS A LINK THAT'S SWITCHED AND GOES TO THE PHONY SITE. CALL YOUR BANK FROM THE NUMBER YOU HAVE AT HOME AND QUESTION ALL EMAILS. AS FOR THE DO NOT CALL LIST THE WAY THEY GET AROUND IT IS BY CHANGING THE NAMES BUT USING THE SAME PHONE NUMBER. SCARY BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S THE SAD REALITY.
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gary5658 said 1:25PM on 6-18-2009
So, exactly where is this company located? Do they have security? Body guards? It would be terrible if something very bad happened to them.
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W4ZJM said 3:32PM on 6-18-2009
Thought you might want to read this briefly. AOL ( as you well know ) has several ways to reduce the number of spam mail you get. You can even block them emailing you back, but they just change the coding after the @ part of their email. After I block them, and send them off to the spam reports link provided by AOL........
In any event, they probably are finding ways to spam us, not only on your Cell Phones, but your Facebook, my space.com, Twitter, and Classmates.com, and other blog's as well. ( Nice run on )...... :o)
On comcast phone service, they have some easy ways to block callers but a limited list of 6 callers only (same as the old phone companies). However, it doesn't work for toll free caller numbers. I found out, that you can call comcast ( digital phone service ), and they will bypass, that limit to where they will block a particular pestering toll free number ( i.e. 800 and 888 area codes ) for you. Of course, comcast digital phone has a two digit # entry you can utilized to report harassing callers as well. I consider persistent marketing callers as harassing calls personally. Comcast should use a directory where you have no limit on the amount of caller numbers you want to block.
The "Do Not Call list" (provided by the Gov't) doesn't seem to work that well, and some marketing companies us it to get your phone numbers while working around the rules. Long story, which I don't have the energy to explain or work further in wasting my time.........
My philosophy, is they have no business bugging us when we pay for the phone service, and they don't contribute towards those monthly payments we make, etc.
So, I was able to block a 888 marketing number that was getting on my nerves. I don't like to be waking up from needed sleep by some marketing "A-holes" trying to get my money in their pockets.
Just sharing my thoughts
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ihatechicken said 11:37AM on 6-25-2009
nephew
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