Irate Cash4Gold letter to a lewd prankster

[cjb1978]

"This Internet finding is an irate letter from the thin-skinned litigation enthusiasts at Cash4Gold to a "Mr Haberny" who apparently made a habit of sending gold-painted rocks to the firm, along with colorful missives describing the circumstances through which he came to posses them, which included a Tibetan pilgrimage with a legless hooker from Singapore. Mr Haberny sought many interesting forms of compensation for his "gold," including a birthday party at McDonald's, and an unspecified activity in the company of Ed McMahon."

Irate Cash4Gold letter to a lewd prankster - Boing Boing

 

[Palmer]

"Seasoned Geologist"


Ha!

 

[ruxCYtable]

"This Internet finding is an irate letter from the thin-skinned litigation enthusiasts at Cash4Gold to a "Mr Haberny" who apparently made a habit of sending gold-painted rocks to the firm, along with colorful missives describing the circumstances through which he came to posses them, which included a Tibetan pilgrimage with a legless hooker from Singapore. Mr Haberny sought many interesting forms of compensation for his "gold," including a birthday party at McDonald's, and an unspecified activity in the company of Ed McMahon."

Irate Cash4Gold letter to a lewd prankster - Boing Boing

Funny, but seriously doubt its legitimacy.

 

[clones26]

this person spent $450 in postage, what a rah-tard, but funny.

 

[ss]

ha, contact the authorities.....on what grounds?

 

[ISUAgronomist]

ha, contact the authorities.....on what grounds?

Mail fraud.

 

[ss]

how would that be mail fraud? dont they except stuff and tell u if its worth anything?
he sends them his gold rock, they tell him they are worthless.

 

[Naughtius]

Funny, but seriously doubt its legitimacy.

Of course it's legit. It's on the interwebs. They wouldn't let it on there otherwise.

FYI I have some bags of gold chunks that I will sell at a 10% discount to anyone who says, "I saw it on Cyclone Fanatic." 20% if your name is Carol or Tracy.

 

[mred]

Funny, but seriously doubt its legitimacy.

LETTERS

Here's the letter plus two more. I find it suspicious that all three letters do extensive quoting of the original letters supposedly sent out -- they wouldn't be nearly as funny or make as much sense if they didn't. The whole thing seems very fake.

 

[mred]

he sends them his gold rock, they tell him they are worthless.

He knows it is a worthless painted rock but sends it to them claiming it isn't. That's fraud (assuming it actually happened).

 

[ISUAgronomist]

how would that be mail fraud? dont they except stuff and tell u if its worth anything?
he sends them his gold rock, they tell him they are worthless.

Maybe the demand of $1.4mil for the "gold" rocks + the couple hundred $ of shipping costs.

 

[ss]

yeah, dont think it did happen, but...he could just be a slow nebraska fan.

 

[weR138]

The letter is fake and only mildly funny (hammertime lovemaking). A legit letter wouldn't include that jazz about Ed McMahon's death.

Nice try,

grade: C

 

[iahawkhunter]

Maybe the demand of $1.4mil for the "gold" rocks + the couple hundred $ of shipping costs.

Would this guy have to actually receive something from the Cash4Gold people in order for this to be "fraud"?

 

[mred]

Would this guy have to actually receive something from the Cash4Gold people in order for this to be "fraud"?

Attempted fraud is just as illegal although harder to prove.

 

[iahawkhunter]

Attempted fraud is just as illegal although harder to prove.

True. I would expect the punishment for attempted fraud to be much less than actual fraud.

I also think that attempted fraud would be difficult to prove with painted rocks. It's not as if he was sending in gold-plated tin or something like that. Sure it's an abuse of Cash4Gold's services, but a legitimate attempt at fraud? Just because one party lists an advertised price doesn't mean that the other party will agree with it (just look at any Best Buy ad...way overpriced).

 

[mred]

True. I would expect the punishment for attempted fraud to be much less than actual fraud.

I also think that attempted fraud would be difficult to prove with painted rocks. It's not as if he was sending in gold-plated tin or something like that. Sure it's an abuse of Cash4Gold's services, but a legitimate attempt at fraud? Just because one party lists an advertised price doesn't mean that the other party will agree with it (just look at any Best Buy ad...way overpriced).

I think an easier defense would be "This is obviously a joke."

Then again, that defense didn't work here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11809185

 

[ruxCYtable]

Would this guy have to actually receive something from the Cash4Gold people in order for this to be "fraud"?

Is demanding cash from a bank teller not illegal if he/she doesn't give it to you?

 

[IsUaClone2]

These letters are clearly fake due not only to the quoted subject matter but also the grammatical errors and mis-spelling. They are funny due to their inventiveness but real they are not.

 

[iahawkhunter]

I think an easier defense would be "This is obviously a joke."

Then again, that defense didn't work here: BBC News - Twitter airport 'joke' trial heads to the High Court

That would be a better defense. It may have legs due to the absurdity of his original messages sent to Cash4Gold and the fact the general public isn't antsy about Cash4Gold receiving rocks (as compared to the blowing up of an airport).

Is demanding cash from a bank teller not illegal if he/she doesn't give it to you?

I had "fraud" vs. "attempted fraud" in mind. Both are still illegal, but there is a difference.