Do not do this at home

shockwave · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:43 pm Post subject: Do not do this at home

'Bored' teens rack up $160 million Internet bill

BERLIN (Reuters) - Three German teenagers were being investigated for fraud Friday after they spent $160 million in a two-hour Internet shopping spree because they were "bored," authorities said Friday.

The 19-year-olds splashed out on light aircraft, patents, industrial machinery, restaurants and artwork after hacking into an account on an Internet auction site.

"They gave boredom as the motive and made no attempt to disguise what fun they had buying only the most expensive things," according to police in the western town of Limburg.

They said state prosecutors are investigating.
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Stevo · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:45 pm Post subject:

wow sounds fun

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shockwave · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:48 pm Post subject:

Stevo, that was a real quick response.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 7:51 pm Post subject:

lol nice excuse "i was bored"
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Stevo · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:01 pm Post subject:

PondScum007 · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject:

how true
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[HALO]MasterChief · Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2003 10:55 pm Post subject:

well i am (was) studying and got bored so i came to the ville to not be bored. stupid finals

o well time to go get bored again.

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bobins · Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 12:39 am Post subject:

lol, go spend a couple a million bucks... that might cheer you up... hehehe.

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shockwave · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:05 am Post subject:

Man Decapitated In Rescue Attempt

The Associated Press December 16, 2003, 7:42 AM EST

A construction worker was decapitated when co-workers tried to dig him out of a collapsed ditch with an excavating machine, officials said.

The 39-year-old man, whose name was not released, became trapped in the ditch Monday afternoon at the intersection of Taylor Street and DeGroot Place on Staten Island. Colleagues tried to free him and another trapped worker with a backhoe, accidentally severing the first man's head.

Workers had dug the 16-foot trench as a part of project to connect houses on Staten Island to a sewer line. Its walls collapsed after the two men went inside.

It had not yet been determined whether the man died because of the decapitation or when the trench's walls collapsed, said Paul Iannizzotto, a fire department spokesman.

The other worker, a 66-year-old man whose name was not released, was rescued after firefighters arrived at the scene and was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital with minor injuries, police said.

The Formica Construction Co. of Staten Island had been given a permit to dig the trench, according to Ilyse Fink, a spokeswoman for the city's building department. She said the company would be issued at least one violation, for failing to properly reinforce the trench's walls.
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Speaker's Xeno · Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:25 am Post subject: