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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.

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  1. Mafia? by natehoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    "That's an awfully nice looking email server you've got there. It'd be a shame if something happened to it."

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  2. How the worm has turned!!! by retardpicnic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a similar thing happen with CD of the month club. I dunno whats worse, paying them the money to quit hounding me about our "contract"... or owning a Nickleback CD.....

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  3. OMG! by oldhack · · Score: 5, Funny

    The dude did manage to drag the company through slashdot - there is no water muddier.

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