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> From: R. A. Hettinga <[email protected]>
> To: Digital Bearer Settlement List <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Boing Boing Blog] MacSmartMob nabs eBay ripoff artist
> Date: 12 Dec 2002 17:15:50 -0500
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> From: "Cory Doctorow" <[email protected]>
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 13:52:21 -0800
> Subject: [Boing Boing Blog] MacSmartMob nabs eBay ripoff artist
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> Amazing story of an eBay seller of a PowerBook who got ripped off by a
> buyer who used a counterfeit cashier's check. The seller posted his story
> to a bunch of Mac user boards, and the users rallied around him, helping
> him winkle out the ripoff artist's identity and eventually running him to
> ground: "I'd like to see a Dell user do something like that at 4:30 in the
> morning for a complete stranger a thousand miles away." Mac users,
> vigilante smartmobs.
>
> He emailed me a new address and phone number, the phone number again traced
> back to the same address for Mr. Christmas. I called the Secret Service and
> the Chicago PD, pleading, all they had to do was be there when Fedex
> dropped off the package. It was a guaranteed hit, he'd have another
> counterfeit cashier's check, all you'd have to do is arrest him. Like
> shooting fish in a barrel. "Sorry, Detective McDonaugh will be out until
> next Wednesday, can I take a message?" Fine, if the cops won't do it, I
> decided I'd just Priceline a ticket and be waiting next door when it got
> dropped off. So I'd know what kind of neighborhood I was looking at, I
> asked for help again in the Mac boards. Two Chicago residents replied, and
> the next morning, courtesy of Tim, I had 23 pictures of the house, the cars
> in the driveway (with license plate numbers) and the neighborhood. I'd like
> to see a Dell user do something like that at 4:30 in the morning for a
> complete stranger a thousand miles away. I! started planning my trip. I
> decided I'd leave on Saturday, have the package delivered on Monday, and
> make it back just in time to screw up on all my finals.
>
> <http://www.remodern.com/caught.html>
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> 12/12/2002 1:52:19 PM
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