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May 29, 2008 Gadgets, News

A California man used an automated script to sign up for more than 58,000 Google Checkout, Paypal, brokerage and other online accounts that use deposit verification techniques, and got sent $58,000.  Think Office Space.  It would’ve worked, except:

However, Largent used false names, including cartoon characters, as well as false addresses and social security numbers, which opened him to conviction under laws on mail, bank and wire fraud.

I want the list of cartoon characters used.  Seen at Gizmodo.

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