Crime - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:31:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 How to avoid getting a speeding ticket https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/10/how-to-avoid-getting-a-speeding-ticket/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-avoid-getting-a-speeding-ticket Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:00:32 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=8063 If you’re a speed demon on the road, there is ONE surefire way that you can minimize the chance that you will be on the receiving end of a speeding ticket. Beat Your Ticket: Go to Court & Win Be careful choosing which car to drive. Why’s that?  ‘Cause cops are always on the lookout […]

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]]> Criminals now asking: Your Money or Your Life? https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/09/criminals-now-asking-your-money-or-your-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=criminals-now-asking-your-money-or-your-life Tue, 30 Sep 2014 23:00:18 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=8059 When was the last time you walked into your doctor’s office? Remember when you had to fill out that clipboard at the front desk, and they asked you for your Social Security Number? Guess what – they don’t really need that. But you know who does? Criminals. Medical Billing and Coding For Dummies The only […]

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]]> If you drive one of these cars, you’re about to get hacked https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/08/if-you-drive-one-of-these-cars-youre-about-to-get-hacked/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=if-you-drive-one-of-these-cars-youre-about-to-get-hacked Tue, 05 Aug 2014 23:00:57 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7942 As cars get more and more sophisticated these days, so do criminals who are out to get you or your vehicle. Where old-school James Bond villains would merely attach tracking devices to your rear axle as you drive away, today’s criminal minds can be more nefarious – and perhaps even untraceable. Toyota Prius That’s because […]

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]]> How to Contact a Prison Inmate (and not just any random prisoner…) https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/01/how-to-contact-a-prison-inmate-and-not-just-any-random-prisoner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-contact-a-prison-inmate-and-not-just-any-random-prisoner Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:00:04 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7255 Remember when you would go off to summer camp and you’d all spend the most awesome summer together and then you go home promising to write each other every day, and then you end up with a PEN PAL FOR LIFE? Too Much Joy: Cereal Killers Web Watch knows some folks who’ve done that — and […]

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]]> The Top Ten Most-Stolen Hotel Items https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/08/the-top-ten-most-stolen-hotel-items/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-top-ten-most-stolen-hotel-items Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:00:28 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6645 Stealing things from hotels can be a compulsion for some. Sometimes, it’s the principle of the taking.  When a luxury hotel charges you $400 (or more) a night for a suite, you sometimes feel obligated to take advantage of as much of the freebies as you can grab. Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief Some […]

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]]> Best way to avoid cyberbullies? Stop using Facebook https://thewebgangsta.com/2013/03/best-way-to-avoid-cyberbullies-stop-using-facebook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-way-to-avoid-cyberbullies-stop-using-facebook Sat, 16 Mar 2013 23:00:58 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=6005 In today’s cruel Internet world, if you participate in social media at all then you’ve likely participated (in one way or another) in cyberbullying. And Web Watch isn’t even talking about the overly mean, news-worthy levels of pure, unadulterated hatred that should never happen to anybody, at anytime, anywhere, ever.  Just posting angry messages about anonymous people with bad driving […]

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