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Note To Criminals — Don't Call Tech Support

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the caught-short dept.

Billosaur writes "Darwin Awards, here he comes: Ars Technica has up a story about a would-be identity thief who did himself in by calling tech support about printer drivers. Timothy Short must have thought he'd hit the mother-lode when he stole a PC and a Digimarc printer from the Missouri Department of Revenue, perhaps with dreams of cranking out thousands of fake ids. Problem: he could not unlock the computer he stole and without the necessary drivers, he couldn't use the printer. Ever resourceful, Short called Digimarc tech support a couple of days later (twice), which brought him to the attention of a Secret Service agent, who recognized his voice from a recording of the calls. Short now faces a $250,000 fine and up to 10 years in prison."

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  1. Did the printer castrate him? by evildarkdeathclicheo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Um, Darwin awards? Unfortunately, criminals are still allowed to procreate and spread their genes. So unless he's either dead or rendered an eunuch, we're still screwed. -W

  2. Note To Non-Criminals -- Don't Call Tech Support by Lust · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No one should call Tech Support - it's too frustrating.