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Man Threatened Spam Attack In $200,000 Extortion Plot

Posted by samzenpus on from the can't-believe-this-didn't-work dept.

52-year-old Anthony Digati was arrested for trying to extort $200,000 from an insurance firm by threatening to spam them with six million emails unless they paid up. Digati said he would use a spam service and his amazing talents as a "huge social networker" to drag the company "through the muddiest waters imaginable" and presumably unfriend everyone. He added that the price would increase to $3 million if they failed to pay up by Monday, according to federal authorities.

6 of 77 comments (clear)

  1. 6 million spam messages? by Em+Emalb · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Also known as Tuesday.

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  2. Target selection FAIL by dontmakemethink · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Might want to avoid extortion targets who are very well experienced, staffed, and funded in risk analysis.

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  3. Re:amazing. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I guess the truth is they had money and you did not. Corporations enjoy the best laws money can buy after all.

  4. Re:How the worm has turned!!! by JustOK · · Score: 3, Insightful

    owning the CD isn't as bad as playing it.

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  5. Re:SF by Em+Emalb · · Score: 2, Insightful

    DAMN YOU! I had forgotten about tvtropes. Damnit damnit damnit damnit.

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  6. Re:Better article by jellomizer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What you don't have a popup blocker?

    Have you been frozen in time for 10 years?

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