This is what happens when Internet Tough Guys forget to remember that playing a Tough Guy in Real Life can be dangerous. It's important to keep the two personas--Internet Tough Guy and Real World--complete distinct. It's painfully obvious:

Internet Tough Guy: "I'm a huge social networker and stuff so if you don't like pay me $200,000 I'll bring the company down through spam emails."

Real World: Fark, I'm in jail.

Other examples:

Internet Tough Guy: "Trust me when I say this. This stuff is child's play. That so called "torture" is nothing, NOTHING compared to what I would do to those animals to gather information that would either
A: lead to an arrest of another scumbacg animal terrorist coward
Or
B: lead to info that would stop an attack.

Real World: *pees on leg*


Internet Tough Guy: Still wondering what happened to their bikini tops...honest none of us, that have been @ sea for 8 months, even thought to look...honest. We're from the Gov't & are here to help you. Yes, that's a gun in my pocket & we're happy to see you. Ma'am do you mind if we take a picture. Why yes it is chilly today.

Real World: *runs away*


Internet Tough Guy: I'd go for that. Iraq can be contained by the Army. Let the Core finish up in Afghanistan.

Real World: That was my wife.

And so on.

Spam is not your personal army.

I'm a Cunning Plan, so I'm really getting a kick out of some of these replies...

Pocket Ninja: This is what happens when Internet Tough Guys forget to remember that playing a Tough Guy in Real Life can be dangerous. It's important to keep the two personas--Internet Tough Guy and Real World--complete distinct. It's painfully obvious:

I don't want to sound like a queer or nothin', but I'd kinda like to make love to you tonight

1.2 million in debt does not sound very bootstrappy...

threatening to smear it with a spam attack of six million emails

pfft.

To an organization with an infrastructure to speak of that is a rather insignificant number.

after becoming "dissatisfied" with the performance of his own universal life insurance

1st class dumb fark

BlorfMaster: 1.2 million in debt does not sound very bootstrappy...

Seriously wtf did he do to get to that point?

I can't imagine ever being even half as in debt as this guy is.

oh noes, don't fux wif da l33t h4x0rs!

Vanetia: BlorfMaster: 1.2 million in debt does not sound very bootstrappy...

Seriously wtf did he do to get to that point?

I can't imagine ever being even half as in debt as this guy is.

A friends 22 Y.O. daughter just filed bankruptcy on $43K. I'm 46, with a car, and a house, and credit card debt. I don't owe $43K.

Vanetia: BlorfMaster: 1.2 million in debt does not sound very bootstrappy...

Seriously wtf did he do to get to that point?

I can't imagine ever being even half as in debt as this guy is.

Maybe his last company went under after being busted for spamming.

Vanetia: BlorfMaster: 1.2 million in debt does not sound very bootstrappy...

Seriously wtf did he do to get to that point?

I can't imagine ever being even half as in debt as this guy is.

Buy a house in California, and you'll get there really quick.

Pocket Ninja: Internet Tough Guy: I'd go for that. Iraq can be contained by the Army. Let the Core finish up in Afghanistan.

Real World: That was my wife.

Marine Core Soldjers FTW!

mytdawg: A friends 22 Y.O. daughter just filed bankruptcy on $43K. I'm 46, with a car, and a house, and credit card debt. I don't owe $43K.

Young people are idiots. The fact that you're 46 makes you at least three times as smart as the average 22 yo.

IMHO (as I just posted in another thread, by coincidence) we need to educate kids on how to manage their finances.

And that, farkers, is what you get for buying a 'universal life' policy. No thank you insurance people - I'll take the insurance and do my investing on my own. Hint: the projection they show you on those cash value investment policies is neither guaranteed nor reasonable to expect. What those policies do buy is big boats for brokers. It's shocking to me they're even legal.

Who would lend him enough money to accumulate up to 1.2 million in personal debt?

His company going under is unlikely to affect him to that extent.

wookie1: Buy a house in California, and you'll get there really quick.

Today, maybe. But I think it's been proven to those who bought houses 5 years ago that the place to have been is Florida.

Vanetia: Seriously wtf did he do to get to that point?

Bought a whole life policy.

amatuers

Heh. My method of getting back at the former company that laid me off was to go work for one of their clients. Now they gotta kiss my ass, i get paid more, have much less stress and don't live somewhere that gets ice & snow.

Can't wait for the conference this year! I get to make their lives miserable in person.

eastiowa: after becoming "dissatisfied" with the performance of his own universal life insurance

1st class dumb fark

If he's feeling dissatisfied with his performance, I've got about six million spam emails that he might be interested in reading.

Whack-a-Mole: threatening to smear it with a spam attack of six million emails

pfft.

To an organization with an infrastructure to speak of that is a rather insignificant number.

I'd agree, though to be fair it depends how fast those six million are being sent. An hour? A day? A week?

But yeah. New York Life has something like 10,000 employees, so they probably have a pretty good setup. And I don't think his facebook army is likely to have control over a large spambot net.

How is social networking going to help with a DoS attack unless your networking brings you into contact with someone with a botnet?

Jument: mytdawg: A friends 22 Y.O. daughter just filed bankruptcy on $43K. I'm 46, with a car, and a house, and credit card debt. I don't owe $43K.

Young people are idiots. The fact that you're 46 makes you at least three times as smart as the average 22 yo.

IMHO (as I just posted in another thread, by coincidence) we need to educate kids on how to manage their finances.

Seems like I was 10 times smarter when I was 22. Wait, what?

It's a good thing TFA came with the helpful pic of what e-mail may look like.

H31N0US: I'm a Cunning Plan, so I'm really getting a kick out of some of these replies...

I'm a cunning linguist, so I'm getting a kick out of your reply.

/hehehe

Fark Me Runnin: It's a good thing TFA came with the helpful pic of what e-mail may look like.

I don't have "follow-up" on my email. This is probably why my life is such a failure. If only I could have followed up......

Pocket Ninja: This is what happens when Internet Tough Guys forget to remember that playing a Tough Guy in Real Life can be dangerous.

Internet Tough Guy: "Trust me when I say this. This stuff is child's play. That so called "torture" is nothing, NOTHING compared to what I would do to those animals to gather information that would either
A: lead to an arrest of another scumbacg animal terrorist coward
Or
B: lead to info that would stop an attack.

Real World: *pees on leg*

And so on.

I saw that in the torture thread and thought the same thing, but you have the uncanny ability to describe "ITM Personality Disorder" so succinctly and brilliantly. Thanks for the smile.

In fact, he is heading to the gym in 26 minutes

Weaps: Heh. My method of getting back at the former company that laid me off was to go work for one of their clients. Now they gotta kiss my ass, i get paid more, have much less stress and don't live somewhere that gets ice & snow.

Can't wait for the conference this year! I get to make their lives miserable in person.

I like your style.

He allegedly targeted the company after becoming "dissatisfied" with the performance of his own universal life insurance policy.

How is a man allowed to get $1.2 million in debt who, even though he works for an insurance company, is still dumb enough to invest in universal life insurance? That should have been an instant red flag to any lender.

Sorry, "ITG Personality Disorder". I was interrupted mid-sentence.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/08/cyber_extortion_charges/ (new window)

Which gives us his original gem of a post:


My demand is now for $198,303.88. This amount is NOT negotiable, you had your chance to make me an offer, now I call the shots.

http://pastebin.com/DiBd9kAL (new window)

Hope he enjoys having his inbox filled with unsolicited male...

Cytokine Storm: Pocket Ninja: This is what happens when Internet Tough Guys forget to remember that playing a Tough Guy in Real Life can be dangerous. It's important to keep the two personas--Internet Tough Guy and Real World--complete distinct. It's painfully obvious:

I don't want to sound like a queer or nothin', but I'd kinda like to make love to you tonight

Internet Fluff Guy?

ZOMG that register article goes to a pastebin site that you can edit, freely. In fact, I just did.


/lets see if you can guess!
//This whole thing is going in my copypasta file

after becoming "dissatisfied" with the performance of his own universal life insurance

I could be wrong and misinformed (I know, right?), but shouldn't he be dead to find out how he his relatives find out how his life insurance performs?

I'm probably missing something.

Pro tip: Unless you have a contract stating otherwise, your ability to speak of your employer pretty much limited to "I was employed as ____ from ___ to ____ and left under ____ conditions".

Anything else is opening yourself up for a lawsuit, or potentially being accused of a crime.

Lots of folks today don't realize how little you can really say about your company. Even speaking good of it can essentially open you up to lawsuits if your not authorized to speak about such things. Speaking engagements become difficult too.

Social networking like the internet in general just abstracts things and makes people do dumb things.


Someone I know was doing a few speaking engagements as a "senior ___ from a large _[industry]_ company". His company couldn't object since he wasn't prohibited from speaking in general and didn't use the company name or any company property. He was simply an industry expert... they were upset he wasn't pushing the company name and promoting them (helps to recruit in certain industries). He wanted $$ to start speaking as an employee and compensation for his personal time that would benefit the company... They balked. He was right for refusing. His time, no reason to give company anything.

Maybe he was going to rely on his prowess as a general in the 4chan army?

Please tell me that the image is relevant to the story and he got bored after sending eleven emails.

So let's follow the bouncing ball, shall we? He racks up 1.2 million in debt, checks his universal life policy and decides he doesn't like what he sees, decides to try to extort $200,000 from the company that holds his policy by threatening to send a bunch of spam their way, which they more than likely have filters to block.

/Wile E. Coyote is amused by your shenanigans.

I am Ahab: Spam is not your personal army.

It's been very difficult to amass a personal army since that phrase has caught on

/everybody wants a personal army, but nobody wants to take the time and set up a botnet

Cytokine Storm: I don't want to sound like a queer or nothin', but I'd kinda like to make love to you tonight

COCK... ROCKET!!!

How do you email SPAM? I tried to fax a six pack once...

Fholes: How do you email SPAM? I tried to fax a six pack once...

You gotta get it real flat first

sad thing is i could do this as a huge social networker and former legit spammer lol

ITS NOT WORTH IT. best thing... subscribe to the emails then submit all of them to dnsbl/black lists... get them blocked and watch their open rates plummet.

Fifi Le Pew: you have the uncanny ability to describe "ITM Personality Disorder" so succinctly and brilliantly

Well, not to sure about that, since I posted in two of those threads.....I can tell you the last two he listed were real farkers, outed pretty hard, Flynavy for the topless girls and I forget whos wife said he was in the Core.......

Pocket Ninja: Internet Tough Guy: I'd go for that. Iraq can be contained by the Army. Let the Core finish up in Afghanistan.

Real World: That was my wife.

...why are you not on my favorites list yet?