Internettet er grobund^(Internet) for alle former for svindel. Hvilke er dog de største (og sjoveste)? Vi har samlet 5, der gjorde det ret stort på nettet^(Web) , tjek det ud.

1. Lonelygirl15

Lonelygirl15-videoerne var en række YouTube - klip, der skildrede en almindelig femten-årig piges daglige bekymringer og hendes fænomenalt avancerede video- og redigeringsevner. Efterhånden som serien skred frem sneg sig skumle overtoner af kultadfærd ind. På trods af at den var lidt mere åbenlyst falsk end en video af Bigfoot på Roswell , rasede debatten om rigtigheden af ​​videoerne i ugevis, og mange blev kede af, da fupnummeret blev afsløret. Ja, folk meddelte offentligt: ​​"Jeg er ked af, at jeg ikke voyeuristisk nød en rigtig mindreårig piges glidning i terror og misbrug uden at gøre noget ved det."

LA Times "afslørede" til sidst fupnummeret, og vi er sikre på, at da de hidtil uhørte filmskabende "sammensvorne" blev udgivet der, og i The Times , og The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal og PBS var de helt forfærdet. " Mand^(Man) ," må de have sagt til alle journalister og nyhedsoplæsere, som tidligere aldrig ville have kigget to gange på dem, "I fik os virkelig der. Vi forventede slet ikke denne form for eksponering af vores hoax."

"Vi troede ikke, det ville fungere  halvt ^(half ) så godt."

2. EVE bankmand

For dem af jer, der stadig ved, hvordan andre mennesker og dagsstjernen ser ud, er EVE Online et enormt fordybende rumbaseret MMORPG . Og vi mener fordybende som et hav af kviksand, der spilles på hurtigt frem - det er bogstaveligt talt en enkelt hel galakse, og mens andre verdener har karakterer og våbensystemer, har denne en hel økonomi. Du kan faktisk få succes i spillet blot ved at handle med råvarer, og spilvalutaen ISK ( Interstellar Kredit ) har en reel, hvis ikke helt lovlig, konvertering til rigtige penge. Faktisk EVE ISK (0,40 USD pr. 1M ISK, videospil har en tendens til at handle i store enheder) er sandsynligvis en bedre investering og mere udbredt end den faktiske valuta for islandske kroner^{(Iceland Kroner)} (0,01 USD = 1 ISK ). EVE- spillerpopulationen konkurrerer også med Islands^(Iceland) (ca. 300.000), og CCP -spil (skaberne) har hovedkvarter i Island^(Iceland) . Ikke at vi foreslår, at nogen Reykjavikianere^{(Reykjavikians)} skal være bekymrede for at blive erstattet af en fanatisk hær, der er trænet af KKP^(CCP) til at adlyde enhver kommando.

Folk har oprettet hele virksomheder i det virtuelle rum af EVE , og omvendt hele funktionen af ​​et videospil ved i det væsentlige at arbejde to job (det første betaler det månedlige abonnementsgebyr for det andet), hvor den gennemsnitlige EVE - spiller logger ind 2,5 timer om dagen . I 2006 oprettede en spiller ved navn Cally (rigtigt navn Dentara Rast ) " EVE Investment Bank", og i endnu et eksempel på de fantastiske urealistiske ting, der kan ske i videospil, betroede folk deres penge til en mand ved navn " Cally ".

Med tiden udvidede banken sig og havde til sidst over 700 milliarder ISK^{(Billion ISK)} (over hundrede tusinde rigtige, ærligt talt "Du kan købe mad eller sex med disse" dollars) på kontoen. Så, i en virksomhedskriminalitet, som administrerende direktører^(CEOs) i det virkelige liv kun kan drømme om (og det gør jeg sikkert ofte), tog Cally bare alle pengene og løb. Helt konkret løb han og købte en Ultimega-death clas hypercruiser, satte en dusør på en million ISK på sit eget hoved og sejlede ud i det dybe rum, hvor han simpelthen vovede nogen til at prøve at dræbe ham. Se dette? DET^(THIS) er grunden til, at folk spiller videospil så meget - i det virkelige liv er hvidkravekriminalitet fuskede tal og emigration til skattely, i EVEvi har en bankchef, der behandler serviceklager med en fusionskanon.

3. Indhold, der kan downloades af dårligt firma

Gåden med indhold, der kan downloades, har virkelig afsløret udviklernes sande ånd. Fantastiske virksomheder som Valve frigiver gratis indhold, fordi de forstår hele denne "internet" ting, med dens digitale distribution og værdien bag et elsket brand. Ikke-fantastiske virksomheder som EA tager betaling for det, mens andre som Microsoft svæver i midten med "betal nu eller gratis senere strategier". I modsætning til hvad halvdelen af ​​internettets^(Internet) befolkning ville have dig til at tro, kan du dog faktisk ikke hade nogen, fordi de ikke giver deres arbejde væk gratis. Heldigvis har EA gjort det A-OK at hade dem igen ved at betale for "ikke-downloadbart indhold", ellers kendt som " Ting^(Things) , du allerede har købt hos dem."

I årevis har EA arbejdet på hele den der besværlige "at faktisk skulle producere noget for at tjene penge", reducere indholdet af årlige titler med hver iteration, og med Bad Company har de endelig opnået det. Det, du gør, er, at du betaler for en Battlefield : Bad Company -disk. Eller du kan betale ekstra for en version, der låser nogle af våbnene op. Våben, der faktisk allerede er på begge diske. Ja, EA har opnået Zen Nirvana of Marketing Bastardry ved at finde ud af, hvordan man sælger dig det samme to gange og oplader hver gang.

Denne nyhed blev omtrent lige så godt modtaget som en pestrotte på en operationsstue, men faktum er, at Electronics Arts kontorer verden over forbliver ubrændte, beviser, at internetkritikere^(Internet) er meget, meget højrøstede online og meget, meget ubrugelige i forhold til rent faktisk at gøre det. ting. En boykotbevægelse er allerede startet, og vi kan kun håbe, at internetapati^(Internet) én gang, bare én gang, ikke gider at ødelægge den. Fordi når de først finder ud af, at de kan slippe af sted med denne EA, vil denne praksis absolut male ned i jorden længe efter, at der er nogen resterende pointe, motivation eller fornuft. Det er de fyre, der forvandlede den populære Madden -spilfranchise til en årlig opdatering af tres-dollars spillernavn, og det startede i det mindste godt.

4. Gizmondo

Du husker måske, at vi talte om Gizmondo for et par uger siden i vores artikel " De 5 værste forsikringer^{(The 5 Worst Reassurances)} " (i så fald tak, fast læser, og kan vi sige, hvor særligt kræsen og intelligent du ser ud i dag?). Dette skyldes, at Gizmondo dukker op i hver eneste negative-adjektivteknologiliste på hele internettet^(Internet) . Det er almindeligt anset for at være den største elektronikkatastrofe, siden nogen først tænkte "Jeg ville elske at lave noget toast, mens jeg var i badet". Hvilket^(Which) er uretfærdigt, for det var virkelig en kæmpe succes.

Specifikt var det en stor succes i dens tilsigtede funktion: "Giv Stefan Eriksson, Johan Enander og venner en 24 måneders hurtig-bil-og-ludere-fest." Forretningshistorien for Tiger Telematics (skaberne af Gizmondo ) får Grand Theft Auto til at ligne Barney Teaches Spelling . Virksomhedens "administrerende direktører" havde over 24 års fængsel imellem sig for bedrageri og fysisk vold, de købte et helt London "model"-bureau, har ødelagt sportsvogne for over en million dollars og havde hele- udvidede familie-af-alle lanceringsfester med Dannii Minogue , Sting ogBusta Rhymes (bl.a.). Alt dette forbrug blev understøttet af salg af aktier, formentlig til folk, der underskrev checkene med farveblyanter, for når et firma betaler for fester med aktier, så er det ikke et firma, der har planer om at være længe.

For 2005 tabte virksomheden faktisk over en million dollars om dagen. Du kan tænde 100 dollars i ild en gang i minuttet, hvert minut uden at spise eller sove og stadig ikke opnå det niveau af tab – og jeg forsikrer dig om, at disse fyre fandt MEGET^(WAY) sjovere ting at gøre med kontanter end det. Det var et ægte Brewster's Millions . I hvad der forbavsende nok ikke har vist sig at være en aprilsnar, forsøger en af ​​de oprindelige besætninger nu at rejse investeringskapital for at relancere virksomheden (oversættelse – der er et par typer champagne, han ikke har prøvet endnu). Hvilket blot beviser, at der er folk, der er desperate efter at tjene penge på "de computerspilting", selvom de ikke engang ved, hvordan de skal Google nogen.

5. Svindler svindlerne

Hver gang jeg får en 419 spam, falder min tro på menneskeheden et hak (den svæver lige over Jordens kerne), fordi det faktum, at de bliver ved med at komme, viser, at et eller andet sted, på en eller anden måde, arbejder de stadig. Jeg går helt ind for, at de uhelbredeligt tåbelige skal skilles af med kontanter, de ikke burde have, men jeg er en endnu større fan af poetisk retfærdighed – derfor er værket af 419eater så underholdende. E-mailsvindel er måske vor tids største onlinesvindel, men det betyder ikke, at der ikke er idioter på begge sider, som vist i  dette vidunderlige stykke,^{(this wonderful piece)}  hvor svindlerne bliver svindlerne. Og ikke kun for kreditkort eller social sikring, åh nej.

De får håndkopieret en hel Harry Potter- roman. Og de scanner siderne for at bevise det.

Gå, virkelig, du er nødt til at se disse - og så hver gang din indbakke bliver tilstoppet med en anden " UIRG3NT LOTTTTERY TIKKIT !!#"-mail, kan du forestille dig en svindler bøjet over sin notesblok og

1. kopiere hans fire hundrede side af dejlige børns fantasi

2. ignorerer desperat den massive, smertende smerte i hans håndled

3. fnisende " Woohoo jeg kommer til at tjene så mange gratis penge"

4. fuldstændig, fuldstændig undladt at værdsætte ironien.

5 Scams That Marked the Internet

The Intеrnet is fertile ground fоr all sorts of scams. Which are the biggest (and funniest) ones though? We have collected 5 that made it pretty big on the Web, check it out.

1. Lonelygirl15

The lonelygirl15 videos were a series of YouTube clips, chronicling the everyday worries of a regular fifteen year old girl and her phenomenally advanced video and editing skills. As the series progressed sinister overtones of cult behavior crept in. Despite being slightly more obviously fake than a video of Bigfoot at Roswell, debate about the veracity of the videos raged for weeks and many were upset when the hoax was revealed. Yes, people publicly announced “I am upset that I was not voyeuristically enjoying the slide of a real underage girl into terror and abuse without doing anything about it.”

The LA Times eventually “exposed” the hoax, and we’re sure that when the previously unheard of film-making “conspirators” were outed there, and in The Times, and The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and PBS they were absolutely horrified. “Man,” they must have said to all the reporters and newscasters who would previously never have looked twice at them, “You really got us there. We didn’t expect this kind of exposure of our hoax at all.”

“We didn’t think it would work half this well.”

2. EVE banker

For those of you who still know what other people and the daystar look like, EVE Online is a massively immersive space-based MMORPG. And we mean immersive like an ocean of quicksand being played on fast forward – it is literally a single entire galaxy, and while other worlds have characters and weapon systems this one has an entire economy. You can actually succeed in the game simply by trading commodities, and the games currency of ISK (Interstellar Kredit) has a real, if not entirely legal, conversion to real money. In fact EVE ISK (0.40 USD per 1M ISK, video games tend to deal in big units) is probably a better investment and more widely used than the actual currency of Iceland Kroner (0.01 USD = 1 ISK). The EVE player population also rivals that of Iceland (about 300,000), and CCP games (the makers) are headquartered in Iceland. Not that we’re suggesting any Reykjavikians should be worried about being replaced by a fanatical army trained by CCP to obey their every command.

People have set up entire businesses in the virtual space of EVE, inverting the whole function of a video game by essentially working two jobs (the first paying the monthly subscription fee for the second), with the average EVE player logging in 2.5 hours a day. In 2006 a player called Cally (real name Dentara Rast) set up the “EVE Investment Bank”, and in yet another example of the amazing unrealistic things that can happen in video games, people entrusted their money to a man named “Cally”.

Over time the bank expanded and eventually had over 700 Billion ISK (over one hundred thousand real, honest to god “You can buy food or sex with these” dollars) in the account. Then, in a corporate crime that real-life CEOs can only dream of (and I’m sure often do), Cally just took all the money and ran. Specifically, he ran and bought an Ultimega-death clas hyper cruiser, put a million ISK bounty on his own head and cruised off into deep space simply daring anyone to try and kill him. See this? THIS is why people play video games so much – in real life white collar crime is fudged numbers and emigration to tax havens, in EVE we’ve got a bank manager who deals with service complaints with a fusion cannon.

3. Bad Company Downloadable Content

The conundrum of downloadable content has really revealed the true spirit of developers. Awesome companies like Valve release free content, because they understand this whole “internet” thing, with its digital distribution and the value behind a beloved brand. Non-awesome companies like EA charge for it, while others like Microsoft hover in the middle with “pay now or free later strategies”. Contrary to what half the population of the Internet would have you believe, though, you can’t actually hate someone because they don’t give away their work for free. Luckily, EA has made it A-OK to hate them again by charging for “non-downloadable content”, otherwise known as “Things you already bought from them.”

For years EA has been working on that whole troublesome “Actually having to produce something in order to earn money” thing, reducing the content of yearly titles with each iteration, and with Bad Company they’ve finally achieved it. What you do, right, is you pay for a Battlefield: Bad Company disc. Or you can pay extra for a version which unlock some of the weapons. Weapons that are, in fact, already on both discs. Yes, EA have achieved the Zen Nirvana of Marketing Bastardry by working out how to sell you the same thing twice and charge each time.

This news was about as well received as a plague rat in an operating theatre, but the fact is that Electronics Arts offices worldwide remain un-burned down proves that Internet critics are very, very vocal online and very, very useless in terms of actually doing things. A boycott movement has already started and we can only hope that once, just once, Internet apathy doesn’t bother to ruin it. Because once they find they can get away with this EA will absolutely grind this practice into the ground long after there’s any remaining point, motivation or sanity. These are the guys who turned the popular Madden game franchise into a yearly sixty-dollar player name update, and that at least started good.

4. Gizmondo

You might recall that we talked about the Gizmondo a couple of weeks ago in our “The 5 Worst Reassurances” article (in which case thanks, regular reader, and might we say how particularly discerning and intelligent you’re looking today?). This is because the Gizmondo turns up in every single negative-adjective technology list on the entire Internet. It’s widely viewed as the greatest electronics disaster since somebody first thought “I’d love to make some toast while in the bath”. Which is unfair, because it was really a huge success.

Specifically, it was a huge success in its intended function of “Provide Stefan Eriksson, Johan Enander and friends with a twenty-four month fast-car-and-hookers party.” The business history of Tiger Telematics (the makers of Gizmondo) makes Grand Theft Auto look like Barney Teaches Spelling. The “managing executives” of the company had over twenty-four years of jail time between them for frauds and physical violence, they bought an entire London “modeling” agency, have wrecked over a million dollars worth of sports cars and had the entire-extended-family-of-all launch parties featuring Dannii Minogue, Sting and Busta Rhymes (among others). All this spending was supported by the sales of shares, presumably to people who signed the cheques in crayon, because when a company is paying for parties with shares then that is not a company that plans to be around for long.

For 2005 the company effectively lost over a million dollars a day. You could light a hundred dollars on fire once a minute, every minute without eating or sleeping and still not achieve that level of loss – and I assure you that these guys found WAY funner things to do with the cash than that. It was a real life Brewster’s Millions. In what amazingly hasn’t turned out to be an April Fool’s joke, one of the original crew is now attempting to raise investment capital to relaunch the company (translation – there are a few types of champagne he hasn’t tried yet). Which just proves that there are people desperate to make money out of “those computer-game things” despite not even knowing how to Google somebody.

5. Scamming the Scammers

Every time I get a 419 spam my faith in humanity goes down a notch (it’s currently hovering just above the Earth’s core), because the fact that they keep coming shows that somewhere, somehow, they’re still working. I’m all in favor of the terminally foolish being parted with cash they shouldn’t have, but I’m an even bigger fan of poetic justice – which is why the work of 419eater is so entertaining. E-mailing scamming might be the biggest online fraud of our time but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t idiots on both sides, as shown in this wonderful piece where the scammers become the scammees. And not just for credit cards, or social security, oh no.

They get to hand copy an entire Harry Potter novel. And they scan the pages to prove it.

Go, really, you have to see these – and then every time your inbox gets clogged with another “UIRG3NT LOTTTTERY TIKKIT!!#” mail, you can picture a scammer hunched over his notepad and

1. copying his four hundredth page of delightful child’s fantasy

2. desperately ignoring the massive, aching pain in his wrist

3. giggling “Woohoo I’m going to make so much free money”

4. utterly, utterly failing to appreciate the irony.

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