Dave, I live in Phoenix on the border of Glendale and I think I am a pretty avid reader of the local newspaper and try to watch at least 30 minutes of local news and this is the first I have heard of it.
Now let me qualify that statement by saying I do not think that our local newspaper is very good, compared to other cities I have lived in and our local television news can best be compared to garbage. Mark M. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Robert Verish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Rounding Up a Posse" > Dear Robert and list; > So is this anyone that we know...posse or the hunted? > Best Tucson wishes, Oh, gasp, isn't it about time to update the Tucson > list again? > Dave F. > > Robert Verish wrote: > > >FROM: LA Times - January 24, 2002 - High Tech Section > > > >"Rounding Up a Posse" - A bad EBay auction experience > >spurs an ad hoc Internet manhunt by ordinary folk, > >who, like frontier vigilantes, find themselves > >skirting the law in their quest for justice. > > > >By CHRISTINE FREY, TIMES STAFF WRITER > > > >The posse dogging an online auction seller seized > >control of his e-mail account, grilled his mother and > >even assumed his identity in a nationwide hunt for a > >man they believe swindled as much as $125,000 from > >buyers through fraudulent Internet auctions. > > > >The members of this squad are not federal agents, > >police detectives or even private investigators. They > >are salespeople and investment advisors and registered > >nurses who say they were bilked online by the > >35-year-old Arizona man and used the Internet to track > >him down. > > > >Like a modern vigilance committee, the 50 or so people > >from Florida to Alaska seized the community-building > >power of the World Wide Web both to prompt and to > >preempt investigation by legitimate law enforcement > >agencies. Although most have never met, members of the > >group swapped information daily on a Web site and > >divided up investigative duties--most of which also > >were carried out online. > > > >Such a rapid, wide-ranging response by ordinary people > >would have been virtually impossible just a decade > >ago, before the Internet gave anyone with a cheap > >dial-up account instant access to e-mail and massive > >public databases. > > > >They are growing increasingly common, particularly in > >the realm of online gaming, where players gang up to > >mete out punishment to miscreants. > > > >But like vigilante gangs of the American frontier, ad > >hoc communities seeking justice on the electronic > >frontier sometimes trample the very laws they seek to > >enforce, as their quest for justice warps into a plot > >for revenge. > > > >[For the complete article, go to <http://www.latimes.com/technology/printedition/la-000006012jan24.story?coll =la%2Dheadlines%2Dpe%2Dtechnology>] > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > >http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > >______________________________________________ > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
