Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Bizarre story of the day.

Via Gizmodo.

[snip]

An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one
criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's
social network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun
against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they
wanted to sell for $8,000. And yes, the story gets even better.

Surprisingly enough, after five hours the hostage wasn't talking. The group
leader had a gun against his head all that time but the guy didn't say a
word. At that point, the crooks gave up and decided to let him go. The
brazilian police then caught the four suspects, aged 19 to 27.

[snip]

More:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sex%2C-crime-and-videogames/gang-kidnaps-gamer-t
o-get-password-using-fake-orkut-date-280966.php

- - ferg

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