eBay Scam Victim Strikes Back

jcomeau_ictx writes "Justin Spence doesn't take lightly being scammed out of $1155 for a laptop he never received. The seller, Salvatore Wise, Jr. of Philadelphia, is growing openly more hostile over the webpage Justin produced exposing his and his wife Michelle Heinlein's scams to the world. So far Justin has documented $6841.00 total lost to this crook, but the total is more likely in the tens of thousands. " As it goes along it just gets more and more bizarre. My favorite part is when "Sal" says that all the earlier messages were sent from a different Sal, but you can tell them apart because the true Sal always writes his emails in italics.

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Salvatore Strikes Back!!!

[jebilbrey]

Salvatore probably couldn't get him to take his site down, so instead he posted this story on Slashdot and let the /. effect do his dirty work! Muhahaha!

The Slashdot Bride

[ThatDamnMurphyGuy]

"My name is Justin Spence. You kiled my server. Prepare to die."

Re:P-P-P-Powerbook

[tdemark]

Honestly now, is there any fucking reason for that site to have the story in PDF?

Hold on... let me check.

Yep... just what I thought. Justin wanted to personally piss off you and you alone. He specifically went out of his way to make sure that only you would be angry. In fact, he spent a lot of time writing code so that only you would receive a horrible PDF, while the rest of the Internet gets an HTML document.

The code doesn't work on IP address or anything like that. It is a complex operation that identifies you by your PHQ - PDF Hate Quotient. It uses the monitor as a scanner to collect data on pupil dilation, skin temperature, pulse, and CO2 production of a user while a PDF is displayed to calculate a PHQ. Few people realize that the PHQ works like a fingerprint and can identify a specific person.

At least you know the whole story now.