The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist
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#2The radio version: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749135286/episode-931-the-it-...
The climax of this story involves the belief that “Linux servers don’t just crash”.
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#4The radio version: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749135286/episode-931-the-it-... The climax of this story involves the belief that “Linux servers don’t just crash”.
I cringed so hard when I heard that...
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#5The radio version: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749135286/episode-931-the-it-... The climax of this story involves the belief that “Linux servers don’t just crash”.
I refuse to believe this wasn't just a way to add drama/tension. You can't work in IT and actually believe this.
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#6Just taking a look at the judgement, Emilio was sentenced to 84 months (7 years) around this time in 2012, followed by two years of supervision [1]. I wonder if he was released. Super interesting read overall. Thank you!
[1] https://www.docketbird.com/court-documents/USA-v-Torres/JUDG...
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#7The radio version: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/07/749135286/episode-931-the-it-... The climax of this story involves the belief that “Linux servers don’t just crash”.
I refuse to believe this wasn't just a way to add drama/tension. You can't work in IT and actually believe this.
Well, he was afraid he was going to be murdered by criminals. Under those circumstances even slight suspicion would be terrifying.
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#8>WARNER: Joe Healy is sitting in this conference room with Felipe, the IT guy in his buttoned-up shirt.
>HEALY: He's a physically little guy...
>WARNER: He's 5-foot-4.
>HEALY: ...And not overly muscular.
Man, Planet Money's constant interruptions and hacked-apart quotations are just as jarring to read as they are to listen to. It's entirely possible to transition your narrative structure between accessible exposition and raw firsthand accounts--but for some reason Planet Money tries to chase after both, simultaneously, at every second. The result is a choppy, rattling collage of thought fragments. Ugh!
What, you guys don't like style criticism? Complaining about a webpage is okay so I don't see why this should be off-topic.
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#9This was a great story.. thanks to Planet Money for re-broadcast it.
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#10The victims didn't come forward because they felt so ashamed about falling for the con.
This is such an interesting essential part of scams. I guess it's a part of human nature.
I remember tracking down a phone scam that caught my grandmother once (based out of Montreal) and I eventually got to a point where I discovered that my grandmother had provided a verbal consent over the phone that had kept it just this side of being outright fraud. The scam company played a recording of it for me.
I wasn't sure this wasn't fabricated, so I tried to confirm with my grandmother and she was just like, "Well, thanks for all your help, honey, but really this isn't that important. Let's just move on."
I recognized how pushing it would just cause her unnecessary pain. So I dropped it and we moved on. Good to know there are people like Felipe around helping to keep things in check.
Now when Felipe just lives his life or goes out in the world, he can't help but think everything can be a con, and everybody can be a mark.
Yeah, I guess I see the world more or less the same way. And I suppose it makes me a little unusual. Hopefully not too cynical.