AOL Goes Digging For Gold (Yes, Literally)
from the get-me-some-gold dept
A year ago, AOL had a contest where they decided to give away $20,000 in gold bars they had received from spammer Brad Bournival, as part of their settlement with him. Bournival is a name that should be familiar to anyone who read Brian McWilliams' excellent book Spam Kings. Bournival, if you recall, was the apprentice to the book's main character, Davis Wolfgang Hawke. While Bournival was willing to cooperate when authorities cracked down on their spamming activities, Hawke ran. However, since AOL won their case against both spammers, it feels that Hawke still owes them plenty of money. In the book, it details how Hawke would hide his money all over the place often in the form of gold bars, and apparently the folks at AOL have taken notice. They're now trying to dig up the backyard of Hawke's parents, in search of more gold bars. A judge has given permission for the search, which AOL says shouldn't be too destructive -- but Hawke's mother is vowing to fight the search, saying she has no clue where her son is and she's sure he didn't bury any gold on their property.
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seriously, am i reading this correctly? aol is digging up someone's back yard searching for gold bars? not dubloons? gold bars?
argh....
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If the guy has fled the country and the parents house is the only place they havent looked that he might have put it why can't they search it if a court agrees?
And you might want to check your fullstop button, I don't think it is working.
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Take a shovel.
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AOL is hurting that bad now?
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Way to go, AOL. This kind of behavior reminds me of why I left you some eight years ago. Never look back, my friends. Never.
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gold
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A new low in AOL billing practices
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Goldman, Goldberg, Gold, and Goldstein
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