I like telling this story, it will help you realize that crime over the internet isn't as safe as you'd think:
My friend is really into scams and money making stuff over the internet. So he tells me about mypoints.com. You buy products, and you get points to spend on stuff (including online debit card type things). So what we did, is we bought $2500 worth of aibo electronic dogs, with a debit card that had $0 on it, but we bought them through paypal. What happened was, we got the paypal points, and then the card got declined, but we got to keep our points. With those points I got $100
I was so damn excited, I bought a bunch of CD's and was all happy about getting free money. So my friend says a few months later, I'm going to try to get $2000 from mypoints
We were talking about it at lunch, and my other friend is saying "you're going to get arrested, bla bla bla", I would have been very pissed off he he got the $2000 and I didn't, so I decided to try it for $1000
If I were smart, I would have done it over multiple debit card, different names, and various products, but no, I did one $0 debit card, and ordered I think $200,000 worth of Aibos
My friend did it even more. And then when it didn't work, he did it like 10 times (Fucking idiot is probably the reason we both got caught). And so summer started and I was thinking it didn't work. I go to my mypoints account and I see it say "points that will be recieved in 15 days: 250,000", or however many it was. I got so fucking excited, I was planning what I would buy with my $1000. So one night I go to check my e-mail and I see "Mypoints security" I almost shit my pants. I continued reading and the jist of it was "We think your account has been hacked, and was used to illegially obtain points, someone else in your area was also hacked, we will prosecute the perpetrators to the full extent of the law" I was fucking scared shitless, I didn't know why they thought it was a hacker, when it would be more likely I did it, who knows. I was expecting them to call me, and try to prosecute me or whatever, I couldn't sleep for a long time, I was just waiting for the next e-mail or phone call. After the initial terror of the first 3 days, I just kind of waited, but I tried to not think about it. Months passed, and the call or e-mail never came, I got off free, and I'll NEVER STEAL ANYTHING AGAIN
(shit so many memories popping up because of this board. I remember playing hooky with friends in their apartments playing the cheesiest sega and nintendo games- those were truest vacations known to man)
Sometimes I just lie about missing the bus and staying home, but that's just because I am too damn lazy to go, I never have fun staying home. I remember having fun playing sega and nintendo, get an emulator and play those games again, good memories.
