Rule Number 2: When Caught Scamming, Don't Threaten To Kill The Police

from the just-saying.. dept

Last week we had the hacker who lied about his hacking after he was caught, and this week it's the story of the scammer who simply taunted and threatened the police. In this case, a young scammer apparently tricked plenty of people into register .eu domains through him, despite not being a registrar and running the whole scam out of his father's house. When caught, he proceeded to threaten to kill police, burn down some buildings and to unleash a zombie attack to take down the internet in the UK. While he didn't follow through on any of these, he did take a lot of the money he scammed out of the bank and made it "disappear" somehow (which means he's also now being charged with money laundering). The guy denies that he actually made the threats, and you have to admit that it comes across as a little odd in the transcript that he would state his full name: "I'm going to make sure you never answer another phone again as long as you live. My name is Peter Francis-Macrae. I am your worst nightmare." Perhaps he really is that short-sighted, but it certainly has the feel of a movie villain who's a little too proud of his crimes -- and that's what gets him caught.

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    Anonymous Coward, Oct 11th, 2005 @ 8:41pm

    Stupid Criminals

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    Second Anonymous Coward, Oct 11th, 2005 @ 9:32pm

    Ha haha

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    lol

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    Tim, Oct 11th, 2005 @ 9:45pm

    Anyone with a little know-how of wireless networks with a wireless capable laptop and a linux live CD (take your pick of the hundreds out there) could crack any level of encryption there is out there on WiFi access points. This even includes the latest WPA with either username athentication and sercure certificate. And as for MAC filtering... spoofing a MAC address is one of the oldest tricks there is. The most secure computer there is is the one that is unplugged.

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    tim, Oct 11th, 2005 @ 9:49pm

    sorry wrong thread

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    mo, Oct 11th, 2005 @ 11:21pm

    No need to crack wireless, over half the wireless access point that are setup use default settings with no security.

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    Why bother

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    Bob, Oct 11th, 2005 @ 11:25pm

    Even more disturbing than his avarice is his complete lack of remorse for the crimes. He may consider himself a genius, but genius will do you naught behind bars.

    The only nightmare to speak of will be the prison term this man will likely receive.

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    stupid

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    Sherman, Oct 12th, 2005 @ 12:43am

    They didn't even mention his age. I wonder how old he is ? Stupid

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    Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my fat

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    Just Me, Oct 12th, 2005 @ 6:30am

    *LOTS* of people use their full name when making threats!


    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes

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    seann, Oct 12th, 2005 @ 9:26am

    Why is my powerbook thats unplugged from the wall safer than it being plugged into the wall?
    ETHoP??

    They can hack with that now!!

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    Re: Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my

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    james, Oct 12th, 2005 @ 11:07am

    Inconceivable!

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