Gamer Stalking

An Xbox Live gamer had a SWAT team invade his home over a gaming disagreement. Apparently the offended gamer discovered the other guy's address. Then, using software that makes it look like a 911 call is originating from a different address, reported a murder/suicide at the victim's home. Not only did the perpetrator do it, but it seems he will get away with it as well. Police say they have no way to trace the actual location of the bogus call. Game safely!

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Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 02, 2011
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Crazy people on the web man. Glad our little group is so sane! 😝

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/02/11 at 06:44 PM

Isn't modern technology wonderful? There is another story of some guy having his door busted down and arrested for child pornography. It turned out he was using an unsecured wireless router. Anybody could connect to it and it would look to the ISP that it was his computer. That is why I use only a secure wireless system and have a strong password that would be very difficult to crack. There are just way too many crazies out there.

Posted by yogi in Kennesaw GA on 06/02/11 at 06:44 PM

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