An amazing story, which I hope is true, but even if it isn’t, it makes a good anecdote.

A woman’s home was burglarized and her computer stolen. She had
subscribed to a Web-based service that transparently backed her files
up to a server, and when the thief reconnected her machine to the
network, the backup program quietly resumed operation. Since she
retained access to her account, the woman was able to log onto the
server and view the files being backed up from her (erstwhile) PC. So
she has the name and address of the thief as well as (and this blows me
away) digital pictures of him and his immediate family.

Amazing how stupid criminals can be. Unfortunately, there seems to be issue with the chain of evidence that prevents the police from being able to obtain an arrest warrant.

[Via ZDNet -]

Do people still believe the Nigerian scam? Apparently so. L.A. Times reports how a California record producer was duped into taking part of the scam and was eventually asked for the $50,000 repayment by the scammers.

Although the article notes the increased sophistication of the Nigerian
(and other) scammers, it nonetheless criticizes victims for being
"suckers."

Andrew Jaquith, a senior analyst at research firm Yankee Group, said that P.T. Barnum was slightly wrong when he said there was a sucker born every minute – there are hundreds.

[Via InternetNews.com -]