Geeks Against Thieves
via Metafilter, great story about a guy who tracked and caught his identity thieves. Good old brain and shoe-leather detective work. Here's Publius Ovidus' story:
This morning, I found out that thousands of dollars of charges had been made on two of my credit cards in the past two days. Now, the identity thieves are sitting in jail. This is how it happened. It involves identity theft, a careless thief, one pissed-off Ovid and lots of luck.I mentioned earlier that it took me less than an hour to find them, but it really depends on when you start counting. Maybe two hours is more accurate. Eh, who cares? They're caught. And where I have times listed, these are the times pulled off of my cell phone.
The rest is on his site. For a sideline, I'd love to open up a geeks detective agency with my actually-trained-as-a-dectective pal, Emmanuelle Richard, and chase and catch creeps.
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