Posted on 11/16/2007 3:12:54 AM PST by moonman
DUTCH police have made their first arrest of an online thief - a 17-year-old accused of stealing virtual furniture from rooms in the Habbo Hotel - a popular teenager networking website.
An Amsterdam police spokeswoman confirmed a report that the teenager was accused of stealing 4,000 euros ($A6,550) worth of virtual furniture by hacking into the accounts of other users.
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“Virtual”? The furniture is not real, right? There was nothing real done, right? I must be getting old. This story confuses the crap out of me.
It’s a shame nobody had a virtual gun.
Habbo users can create their own characters, decorate their own rooms and play a number of games, paying with Habbo Credits, which they have to buy with real cash.
LOL This arrest ranks among one of the nuttiest I've ever heard.
Yeah... saw that part. I guess I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around the "furniture" part of it. Virtually, I suppose, the furniture has real cash value?
So... arrest me! LOL
Even my pretend crap isn’t safe anymore. Sheesh.
Avoid the virtual clap. Wrap that virtual rascal.
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