Note To Criminals — Don't Call Tech Support 266
Billosaur writes "Darwin Awards, here he comes: Ars Technica has up a story about a would-be identity thief who did himself in by calling tech support about printer drivers. Timothy Short must have thought he'd hit the mother-lode when he stole a PC and a Digimarc printer from the Missouri Department of Revenue, perhaps with dreams of cranking out thousands of fake ids. Problem: he could not unlock the computer he stole and without the necessary drivers, he couldn't use the printer. Ever resourceful, Short called Digimarc tech support a couple of days later (twice), which brought him to the attention of a Secret Service agent, who recognized his voice from a recording of the calls. Short now faces a $250,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison."
Ha. (Score:2, Funny)
I wonder how far he would have gotten printing those IDs, even with the driver...
At least that's one petty thief removed for the good of everyone.
oblig. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:oblig. (Score:5, Funny)
Ha ha!
Fake ID's (Score:3, Funny)
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Low IQ... (Score:5, Funny)
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Please Hold (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Did the printer castrate him? (Score:2, Funny)
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood, and laugh at the stupidity that was once rampant our nation.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of idiocy, will be transformed into an oasis of intelligence.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their minds.
I have a dream today.
Re:Fake ID's (Score:2, Funny)
I've got a news flash for him: I'm from Missouri. Nobody outside the state knows it exists, and everybody in the state knows each other. Either way, nobody would have believed he was who he said he was anyway.
Note: St. Louis doesn't count. They seceded years ago.
DAMN! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Low IQ... (Score:4, Funny)
not that i have a raging psychotic hatred for dell tech support.
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Re:Did the printer castrate him? (Score:5, Funny)
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-A fellow Missourian
Missouri (Score:3, Funny)
Re:oblig. (Score:4, Funny)
Even Google thinks 'Did you mean: leadership [google.com]'. Maybe failing miserably comes in handy these days.
CC.
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
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It Takes More Than Just Technology... (Score:5, Funny)
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This was a triumph! (Score:2, Funny)
hey hey HEY! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:oblig. (Score:4, Funny)
In Soviet Russia, comment fails to post YOU!
Wait wait, mods, I've got more! I, for one, welcome our new one failed comment posting overlords!
Re:harsh (Score:3, Funny)
Did you buy your relatively low ID from someone on ebay?
I mean... it doesn't take too much time on
A vicious circle... (Score:2, Funny)
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