If you’ve got a few minutes, you should definitely read The PowerBook Prank. Basically a buyer on eBay tried to scam some guy into sending a PowerBook laptop using a fake escrow service, but the guy figured it out. So what did he do? Sent the guy a cardboard laptop and duped him into paying import taxes! The whole thing played out with help from the Something Awful message board – there were even people doing field work! When the scammer found out he’d been screwed over, he sent viruses and launched a DoS attack. Priceless.
The PowerBook Prank
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Mack is on a mission to change the world through code and prose. An entrepreneurial journalist based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mack is the co-founder of Taproot Publishing, a digital publishing company that helps communities understand themselves better. View all posts by Mack Male
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i just finished reading the story and by gosh was it worth the read. i dont know how you find these things, but i applaud your skills.
I thought it was rather funny! How do I find stuff like this? By subscribing to way too many feeds I guess 🙂 Thanks for reading!
bahaha
OWNED!
HAHAHAHA!!!