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My friend got hit by these guys a few years back. Paid out a few grand I think.

• cr0sh 10y ago
  Was there more to it, than what it says in the article? I mean, if these guys wrote me a letter saying "pay up, or we'll let everyone know you like pr0n!" - I would write back "Eh - they already know that." ...so there has to have been more to it? I mean - provided one was honest to those in their lives about their pr0n...
  • jandrese 10y ago
    I never got one of the letters, but from what I understand the threat was more about garnished wages and jail time.
  • cmdrfred 10y ago
    He lives with his dad and it's his dad's name on the internet connection. The lawsuit named his father so he just paid out to avoid any problems for him. It was several thousand if I recall to make it go away and he hired a lawyer to navigate the process for him.
    • jaclaz 10y ago
      As a side note the scheme - broadly speaking - isn't really "original", anyone read Roald Dahl's "The Bookseller"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bookseller_(short_story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bookseller_(short_story)