Don't rob a bank by phone

Hey, add this to your master list of things not to do during bank robbing, along with chatting on the phone at the teller — avoid ringing up the bank and asking them to deliver the money to you. This dude had robbed a south Auckland, New Zealand bank two days earlier and apparently felt he had bonded so well with bank staff that he could call the manager and demand more cash. Of course, he used his own cellphone which was quickly traced, netting the guy an arrest instead of the extra dough. Doh!

[Via Tech Dirt]

[375-Tim @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

wow, what a moron

[Cybercriminal @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

This is a robbery. Send all your money to my paypal [e-mail]
or you will get it!..

/Cybercriminal

[matt @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

@Cybercriminal

i tried to send you $1,000,000 but the transfer bounced saying 'The email address or account is invalid or incorrect '

[Davis Freeberg @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

What an idiot. This is why the cops can't stop things like identity theft and online scams. They barely have the resources to handle the bozos that think they can pull off a bank job over the phone. If he was smart he would have gotten enough money the first time so that he didn't have to try such a ridiculous stunt.

[Cybercriminal @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Matt..
sorry about the paypal problem.
you may try again, or send a personal check to

Cybercriminal
PO Box 666
Silicon Valley
San Jose, CA 95106-0790

Thanks for your effords to support my
internet addiction

/Cybercriminal

[matt @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

@Cybercriminal

sorry mate i just used that money to pay for a ipod nano in taiwan, as seen in this article: http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000320071943/

i thought it looked so good i brought 100,000 of them.

[Steve Streza @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Guy robs a bank with a f*cking telephone! Not a pistol, not a shotgun, a f*cking phone! Cleans the place out, doesn't even leave a f*cking finger.

[Bubbles @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

what a moron.

[Russ @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Steve: Did they hurt the little girl?

[tiuk @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Russ: I don't know, there probably never was a little girl. That's not the point.

[computer illiterate @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

ok people..
I AM THAT LITTLE GIRL
sort of...
not really...
im just so bored

[Sahaqiel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

New generation of crime sprees:

Evil but lazy bad guy's email: "give me everything you got! Wire it to my paypal account on the double!"

Average but clueless citizen: "Oh God! I'll give you anything you want... just please don't spam me any more!"

You may laugh, but it just might happen to you someday...

-Sahaqiel

[Samuel Lago @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

I love that LEGO man, is it real? Do they sell them?