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500 EURO reward for finding car by finding laptop
Komawi writes "Greetings,
On the night of march 11th my car was stolen (Mercedes Benz, I'm realy fond of that car!), but also my laptop with in it a wireless networkcard with the following MAC address:
00:30:BD:9C:BD:B2
Also a mobile phone was stolen, with IMEI number 351083531088913.
If anyone has a way to locate these goods and by this I get back my car, a reward of 500 euros will be given!
The goods were taken from Alkmaar, The Netherlands somewhere between 2004-03-11 23:00 and 2004-03-12 07:30.
May the force be with you!"
...I got your car too
First fool!
(I actually believed it)
Did you try slashdot.ru? I think sooner or later your laptop and your Mercedes-Benz will be seen somewhere around the Red Square.
Found it.
Oh, right, you wanted that stuff back. Sorry, I made way more than 500 euros just by parting it out.
I am a filthy pirate.
For sale:
Second hand Mercedes, second hand laptop and second hand mobile phone.
Total price: 501
Hate me!
Strangely enough my car was stolen too, yeah that's the ticket. So, I'm offering $500US to anyone who retrieves my Mercedes Benz with a wireless capable laptop and a cell phone in it... just send me the car, the laptop, and the phone and I will send you your $500. Thank you for your support during this trying time.
Devil Ducky
MY peers would get out of jury duty.
That's nothing. I once read an ad in the Via Via that went something like: "Laptop for sale. 500 euros. I don't know anything about it, I'm a cab driver and somebody left it in my car. 06-12345678 etc..."
I so sorry about your loss.
I cannot help with your laptop theft, but oh Holy Day! I have been the pleasure of telling you that there is most definitely good news for you today sir!
I am Abdul Shakalakabangbang, from New Timur. Our Prime Minister, may his soul flatulate freely in heaven, was tragically killed in a mushroom stuffing contest. Since I his trusted most aide, he leave me lots of money. Due to political unrest, and a bad case of hemorroids, I am needing to remove this money from the country. This is where you can help me, my new friend.
If you feel most strongly you can help this poor man, please contact me and let us know.
thanks,
Dr Shakalakadangdang
Sent from your iPad.
Sorry to hear about being taken in by an April Fool. I can only imagine how awful it feels ;).
You'd think the license plate number would be a better clue than the MAC address and IMEI code of the electronics, but what the hell, this is slashdot!
Martin
Note the department: real-submissions-unedited
Becha someone really thought we would be ready/willing/able/inclined enough to help, and michael saved it, since truth is stranger than fiction.
silence for a while...
someone in the audience: "i offer $600!"
Is this your Mercedes
I metamoderate, therefore I am
Huh?
Why is someone posting my MAC address?
I thought this was Slashdot. Oh well--
... and you live nearby I'll be happy to give you a ride down to the local coffee shop.
If anyone can help me find my car keys (mis-placed them, probably not stolen as the car *is* in the driveway)
Now, where did I put those keys?
Wow, you told us your cell's IMEI and your laptop's MAC. How about your car's numberplate?
besides, how cool would a story be:
today, a notorious car thief was caught by a mob of computer nerds...
It was in the conservatory, stolen by Professor Plum, using the lead pipe. Where do I collect my (insert fancy Euro symbol here)500 Reward?
Seriously, it would be real cool to have some vigilante nerds solve this case.
Paul Lenhart writes words!
... he gave all the important information except his contact info. Curious.
Remember, In soviet russia, the fool Aprils...
I think...
NeoThermic
Use my link above, or to view my server, NeoThermic.com
I did this, once after my house was burglared, and I got the thieves on the other end. They'd stolen my PC, phone, car, and other stuff. They basically laughed and told me to fuck off and die. I called the phone company and asked them to locate the GSM. They told me to fuck off and die. So when the cops came I gave them the information and said "you can probably find the buggers by driving to the cell location and dialing the number," and they told me to fuck off and die (but nicely, after making me sign a long statement).
Basically the merc is already in Eastern Europe, the PC has been sold in a bar somewhere, and the phone has been rechipped.
Your only hope is to bump up the insurance claim. Surely you also left EUR10,000 in cash under the seat? And your gold Rolex?!
Ceci n'est pas une signature
However, I'm not sure 500 Euros is worth the effort.
Are you kidding? That's, what, $1,000,000 USD?
"Why Subscribe?" Good question...
Well, actually you'll find that alot of people in the UK will say "Meet me on the 17th of April, 2004". There is a world outside the US, you know.
.... oh wait, you weren't joking.
Hahahahaha! April Fool's!! Good one!
Drivewarring - like wardriving, but backwards.
Put a good wireless access point in your car with the same SSID/WEP key that you were using before it was stolen, then drive around and see if you can get your stolen laptop to connect to it.
Better still - get everyone else to do it too.
I'm there must be a tool called stumblenetter that could do this...
You gotta hand it to the slashdot crowd, they certainly don't let something minor like understanding the meaning of a post get in the way of their rabid anti-Americanism. The guy parses the date correctly, mentions the absurd possibility that it might be "the American way" (and in the future), and gets jumped on by half a dozen people saying, "no you idiot, in the rest of the world we write dates properly. To the sibling posters: your rants are more interesting if they actually make sense in context.
Mod down posts with a "Free Mac Mini/iPod" sig, they're spam!
Next story will be "I tried ringing the stolen phone, did anyone hear a phone ringing?"
Slashdot: Proof that a million monkeys at a million typewriters can create a masterpiece
Actually, it won't really be an April Fools joke until CmdrTaco dupes it 3 or 4 times.
bance.net
Slashdot will probably post a dupe 365 days from now.
Like we say "come and spend your holiday in Russia, your car is already here!".
Most Mercedes stolen in western Europe get a second chance in eastern Europe.
realkiwi
...The thief, who was blind in one eye and severely crippled, kicked all two hundred of their asses and escaped unscathed.
OMFG! You mean that a civilized country in Europe actually has crime!!!!
I don't believe it! (story must be some April Fools thing).
Especially since all you Europeans are constantly bashing America for being such a crime-riddled, gun-toting cesspool of un-civilization. Welcome to the world of reality.
Having fooled at least five people today by claiming to be engaged, my aim for next year is to get engaged on the 31st of March.
I guess that means you've never heard of Microsoft. :-)
but I need your Paypal account information first ;P
with the following MAC address: 00:30:BD:9C:BD:B2 Also a mobile phone was stolen, with IMEI number 351083531088913
Next story will be "I tried ringing the stolen phone, did anyone hear a phone ringing?"
What I'm really worried about is the poor thief. After all, he's just unleashed an unemployed geek army, ready to do battle.
"Cornelius! Look! I saw that MAC address! Hit the gas! Rev up that little Honda Civic! Think of all the anime posters we can buy when we get the reward!"
"Eugene! I was playing with my scanner and I found that IMEI, so I triangulated its location! We can buy t-shirts on Thinkgeek with the reward money! Go Away Or I Will Replace You With A Very Small Shell Script!" [snorting laughter]
And pretty soon, there are 2,500 unemployed virgins with masking tape holding together their glasses converging on the thief's doorstep.
Dude, wherever you are, turn yourself in before it's too late.
Fire and Meat. Yummy.