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And for you gamers....

Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:32 pm
by _Blixa
This is such a great story. From Gizmodo:

Gang Kidnaps Gamer to Get Password Using Fake Orkut Date

An armed gang of four kidnapped one of the world's top RPG gamers after one criminal's girlfriend lured him into a fake date using Orkut, Google's social network. After sequestering him in Sao Paulo, they held a gun against the victim's head for five hours to get his password, which they wanted to sell for $8,000. And yes, the story gets even better...

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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:25 pm
by _silentkid
That is truly bizarre. I must have missed that scene in City Of God. I don't do any of the online gaming stuff...too busy playing Guitar Hero, I guess.