Monday, April 04, 2011

Here's the Plot for Your Next Big Caper Novel

And I do mean BIG. There's even an Alvin connection!

Conde Nast Paid $8 Million To Scammer Who Sent One Email - William P. Barrett - Informer - Forbes: "A suburb of Houston, Alvin (pop. 21,473) is better known as the hometown of baseball pitcher Nolan Ryan, where a museum honors him. Another claim to fame is the 43 inches of rain that a tropical storm dumped one day in 1979, the all-time U.S. record for a 24-hour period. Alvin is way off the beaten path of world media content centers, even for the most experienced Traveler. So still to be explained: Why $8 million of payments going into the newly opened bank account of a home-based business from one of the world’s most famous publishers drew no attention until Quad/Graphics Inc. complained it hadn’t been paid."

Hat tip to Jay Rogers.

3 comments:

Gerard said...

Wow, 21k people? Alvin is a big town.

Cap'n Bob said...

If you turn yourself in, Bill, it'll go easier on you.

Deb said...

Interesting article, but I could have done without the cutesy insertion of all the Conde Nast magazine names. Is this what passes for journalism these days?

/Don't answer that.