This whole article is just a plug for the author's open source software business.
Downvoted for being another shameless profit-grab from the front pages of HN.
Embarrassing.
A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
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Re: A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's possible he has access to his mother's account, and has deleted it. I don't think it would be unusual for a 22 year old student to visit home and borrow mum's laptop.
very possible. I checked the mothers account later and I couldn't find it (even though I had the link. He or his brother blocked me on her FB but I think it was his brother because this was before he begged me to delete my message to his mother
Please don't post stuff like this on HN. You are a shameful, self-obsessed liar. The world needs fewer people like you.
Re: A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
#173Earlier quoted context omitted.
very possible. I checked the mothers account later and I couldn't find it (even though I had the link. He or his brother blocked me on her FB but I think it was his brother because this was before he begged me to delete my message to his mother
Please don't post stuff like this on HN. You are a shameful, self-obsessed liar. The world needs fewer people like you.
Wow that is a big accusation, I'm not sure that is fitting for HN without some form of proof.
Re: A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
It may be the correct way to deal with criminals in some situations, and it sounds like in this case it was. However, as individuals we can still decide that our code of ethics precludes us from involving the state in matters of petty crime, if we think the state's response may be disproportionately harsh. If we think the state is incorrect to classify marijuana was a class I drug, the same as heroine, for example, w…
The state is more consistent than our personal ethics and we should regularly exercise the system so that if unfair convictions start happening we can change the law or vote in new judges and district attorneys.
except that the state is manifestly _not_ more consistent than our personal ethics. See how each state varies in its treatment of punishment? See how in each state, some groups (often black, or minority, or hackers) get a lot worse treatment?
Re: A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
#175We had someone scam us on eBay for a laptop YEARS ago (like, 15 years ago) before they had the full buyer protections they have now. There wasn't really any recourse, but he had used his real phone number on his account. Or, I should say, his mother's real phone number, since he lived at home. We ended up calling, and reaching her, and when we told her what had happened she lost her shit, forced him to refund the ord…
People still get EBay scammed for laptops today. Buy laptop. You ship it. They claim it doesn't work. EBay forces a refund when they ship it back. They ship back a brick. You are out a laptop.
That's why I video the wrap, send and receive parts on valuable ebay sales
Re: A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
#176This whole article is just a plug for the author's open source software business. Downvoted for being another shameless profit-grab from the front pages of HN. Embarrassing.
why do you think this?
Re: A scammer stole $500 from me and in the end begged me not to tell his parents
#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
I disagree. It would never have entered my mind to do such a thing at age 22. These people rarely change; if you don't punish them severely, you're giving them an unfair advantage over honest people. We don't want to live in a society dominated by crooks.
Respectfully, I cannot see that what "would have entered your mind at the age of 22" has any bearing on your argument. The experience of one person (yourself) is not a valid basis for extrapolating blanket judgements of others, whether they're positive or negative. I'm not making a comment on your attitude towards severe punishment, more on your stated reasons for holding that attitude.
I'm sure there is a reason why people behave like this: Childhood trauma, poverty, bad parenting, etc...
I can sympathize to some extent - But in a broader context, if you don't severely punish this behaviour (when caught), it becomes a beneficial attribute for people to have... Fast forward a few generations and society would be filled with such people.