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Judge Orders Man to Stop Using AllCaps in Email to Children

A British judge has ordered a father to stop using ALL CAPS when writing email to his children, because it is “the equivalent of shouting.”

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Online “Girlfriend” Scams $200,000 from Illinois Man

From our “Why online scams work” department, a woman (if she is indeed a woman) who was in an online relationship with an Illinois man for over two years has managed to scam at least $200,000 from the man. The scam came to light when the 48-year-old man from Naperville, Illinois contacted police because his ‘girlfriend’ had disappeared right after he wired her the last of the $200,000, and he feared she had been kidnapped.