TV Schedule

16-year-old boy gets rich by ripping off sex offenders

  2. mattbrawn
  3. related topics
Using the same methods the police use when catching online sex offenders, a Swedish student made a clever, and seemingly stupid, move when he started advertising the 'services of young women' online. With the offer of these live shows, he managed to scam a fair few people's bank account details.

But it gets better. So much better.

He then began to email the subscribers from a different account, claiming to be a police investigator, asking (now for the second time) for the users bank info and access codes. Who, I assume, were more than happy to oblige seeing as the the kid got away with over $10,000. He was only caught after someone tipped off the police, apparently risking their own cover.

And for all of this, he received 80 hours of community service.
mattbrawn

64 responses // 16-year-old boy gets rich by ripping off sex offenders

  • Genius must be rewarded.

    This kid is clever and bold.
    crob80227
  • watch this comment being used here and here
    Some would say they only got what they deserved. But as I'm sure he showed in his advertising for their services "Two thongs don't make it right"
    Argon18
    3 responses to this
  • watch this comment being used here, here, here, here, here, and here
    Some hot buxom babe should give that boy a good spanking.
    rightbrain
  • Sounds like this kid took Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator" to a whole new level.
    recommended by  huntre
    cottonfish
  • See? America is a land where you can make profit off of anything! ANYTHING!
    (Update: I meant most of his clients, not the kid. Sheesh.)
    huntre
    4 responses to this
  • You meant "16 year-old boy gets (temporarily) rich by scamming sex offenders"
    damnneargenius
  • 10k huh ? not too shabby .
    malathion
  • Not bad.
    I'm 17, I've never thought about doing this though.
    Xion
  • I thought this pretty funny. He must have got a little heat taken off for scamming sex offenders. I don't think you'd get out with 80 hours of community service in America for stealing over 10k.
    Euphoriant
  • sucker born ever point milli second
    tillytill99
  • 80 hours of service for $10,000. Not bad.
    KefKef
  • he was smart though, and would have been rich if he would have gotten away with it.
    knightlynight200
  • Way to go kid. Its amazing he hot off with only 80 hours. but im glad he had the balls to go for it in the first place.
    iamajoey
  • from the picture it looks like he only got away with a dollar.
    CPTM
  • Man! Why didn't I think of that?
    s0und0FF
  • Why is a 16 year old able to track-down these criminals and not the police? Is there not enough resources to go after online sex-offenders?
    mjsmith11
  • I love it when sex offenders get OWNED!
    HiImGuss
  • brilliant, Wish I had thought of it!

    80 community service hours though, that's rough. Not to shabby though if he got to keep the 10k
    mooseydoom
  • im just sad i didnt think of it first :/

    one smart kid.
    camisalami
  • nice he shoulda been able to keep it
    nata0204
  • Wow That boy is clever. But it's fraud and he should have been punished more. A crime is a crime
    wisher40
  • Yeah, but who cares? They're sex offenders.
    HiImGuss
  • I tip my hat to the kid. Clever indeed forget selling lemonade on the street corner.
    clapforpepe
  • Nothing like stupid and the smart getting rich off them. It's happen since the dawn of time.....
    J_Jammer
  • Stupid gets what stupid does.
    agitator
  • No good deed goes unpunished
    videl
  • Haha! That's awesome :D
    jinnaaa
  • Brilliant! I bet if he wasn't ripping off sex offenders, he'd be in a lot more trouble than he got!
    abbym0308
  • Man i need to find some sex offenders to rip off.
    BenDorries
  • Dang... what a lucky kid, he was messing with two wrong crowds. It could have turned out so much worse.
    marpunk
  • If the kid thinks a bit more on this subject he could set up franchises around the world

    The profits aren`t too bad either 80 hours for $10.000
    themanwithadog
  • The police should hire this kid.
    CleftAsunder
  • It's good. Good!
    petarro
  • I just wish I thought of it!
    iknew
  • Impressive, damn - like a few people have said it's one of those things I kinda wish I'd done as a teenager...
    purplefox
  • Making $10,000 is hardly striking it rich ... then on top of that is extortion and tax evasion (what's the tax rate on earnings via blackmail anyways?).

    Had he been any older he'd certainly be facing jail time ... vigilante justice?
    alex_chesser
  • Gotta make you chuckle..
    armchaircritic
  • Now why couldn't the police have used this method and found these sex offenders?? Does it really take a 16 year old boy to show the police up and do what they should be doing (minus the scamming of course)? If only he had passed the info on as he got it, hemight have got away with no community service haha.
    Now i wonder what the authorities did with this information? I assume the took his PC and followed up on these 'scum'? If not, why not? Who cares if it might loosely come under 'entrapment'.
    squeezemeteaseme
  • I am so surprised you people are not defending the criminals,

    Where is "twodee" to support the criminals and defend their rights?

    God bless big oil
    God bless america
    mrburns
  • Smart kid. Corrupt, but smart.
    Mark701
  • Awesome. start the con-men off young. and i like his choice in targets.
    jonny2times
  • Geez, if there's one thing the authorities should be willing to overlook, this would be it. I'd rather the kid just act as bait, wait for them to unzip their pants, and then put a bullet in the pedo's head. Hell, I'd even volunteer to help him clean up the mess.
    Liberal_Extinction
  • Future C.F.O.
    regularrf