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Man Loses Millions In Bizarre Virus-Protection Scam

Posted by timothy on from the security-theater-with-a-human-face dept.

Orome1 writes "A US court has heard that a couple conned at least $6 million from the great-grandson of an oil industry tycoon after he brought his virus-infected computer in for repair. The couple are said to have tricked the composer into believing that, while investigating the virus, they had found evidence that his life was in danger – concocting a story that the virus had been tracked to a hard drive in Honduras, and that evidence had been found that the composer's life was in danger." The victim here, Roger Davidson, may have lost as much as $20 million, after being convinced that he was in danger from a grand conspiracy. Vickram Bedi and girlfriend Helga Invarsdottir convinced Davidson to pay $160,000 monthly, and possibly much more, for their help.

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  1. Well... by AnonGCB · · Score: 0, Troll

    More of a stupid tax than a scam, really.

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  2. Re:And... by mr_mischief · · Score: -1, Troll

    He's just expressing the ultimate liberal goal:

    • take the money form those who have it
    • give it to those who were loyal to you, or to yourself
    • get votes and money from the very rich for protecting them from the very poor
    • get votes from the very poor for protecting them from the very rich and giving them just a bit of that money, but mostly spending it through friends to "help" them through convoluted policy
    • keep the middle class from becoming rich, preferably pushing them towards the very poor side of the scale where they are easier to manipulate
    • talk about a mandate when you have the majority
    • talk about working together when you have the minority
    • make policies in the government that make it easier for your party to keep the office
  3. But since he didn't earn that money by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But since he didn't earn that money, the GGP is still correct in that the ***monetary loss*** is irrelevant. And don't most USians live in fear of the muslim terrorists and Obama's "Death Panels"? So there's not much extra fear there either.

    That this idiot could be successful whilst so dumb is why we need 100% inheritance tax. If your kids and grandkids (if you're lucky) haven't made of themselves with all the advantages you were able to give them whilst alive, why the hell should you be able to give even more to them when dead? Help your kids while alive. You can't take it with you.