I don't know if I should laugh or cry. On the one hand, it's really funny to that that really someone fell in such a trap. On the other hand I have to say it's really sad that there are really many people who don't know how to deal with it. I mean, it starts with the spam in the mailbox. I know many people who probably fall into a trap like this too. But this case is really extreme... I mean, $200,000 is a lot of money.

Instead of using ps, you could use "top". It shows the "total tasks" at the top.