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Topic: Teenaged girl social engineers the hacker who ripped off her dad
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SupermansPalJimmyOlsenPerson was signed in when posted  1
02-20-2003 04:44 PM ET (US)
That's hilarious, I wish every jackass kid who screws people over this way or other ways on the net could recieve the same kind of payback.
CalumnPerson was signed in when posted  2
02-21-2003 08:39 AM ET (US)
WOW!
I live in Scotland, and I never knew the police were that clever - She passes this guys Email, Name, Address, and Mobile number over to the police and they examine all the data thay have and decide to track him down using "his email address".

Erm. They could have popped round to the address she gave tham!
Adam in PolandPerson was signed in when posted  3
02-21-2003 11:45 AM ET (US)
Respect. What a girl...
Chris SmithPerson was signed in when posted  4
02-21-2003 12:26 PM ET (US)
Calumn - using the email address has one big advantage. They know it is actually 'him'. The address and mobile number could be fake, but the actual communications were over email, not cell, or face-to-face at the address. Even the name might be made up.

It's really easy to pick a name, goto a white pages site, and find a *real person* with the desired name near a desired location - including their phone number. Not so much identity theft, as misdirection.

I could easily email you one of the "Chris Smith" addresses in Toronto that is near me. If I trust you more later, I just say I moved recently. If you try and followup, you get nowhere. But the email has to lead to me *somehow*.
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