Woman admits fleecing shopping network of more than $412,000

[SUBMAN1]

Woman admits fleecing shopping network of more than $412,000

Website glitch allowed her to receive items gratis

By Dan Goodin → More by this author
Published Tuesday 30th October 2007 21:49 GMT

A woman has pleaded guilty to fleecing the QVC home-shopping networking of more than $412,000 by exploiting a gaping hole in its website that allowed her to receive merchandise without paying for them.


Quantina Moore-Perry ordered handbags, jewelry and electronics and then immediately canceled the transactions. The flaw allowed the North Carolina woman to take delivery of more than 1,800 items without being billed. Moore-Perry would then sell the booty on eBay, according to the Associated Press, which cited authorities.


Moore-Perry pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was released pending sentencing. She has forfeited the $412,000 proceeds from the scam.


Pennsylvania-based QVC learned of the scam after being contacted by two individuals who bought items from Moore-Perry. Apparently, the defendant couldn't be bothered to remove the QVC packaging, arousing the tipsters' suspicion.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10...d_guilty_plea/

[Jimbuna]

I wish my credit card company was so understanding. :p

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I wish my credit card company was so understanding. :p

Lock that thing in a safe already and don't use it ever!!! Or better yet - cut it up!

-S

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Lock that thing in a safe already and don't use it ever!!! Or better yet - cut it up!

-S

Bad/negative personal experience ? :hmm:

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Bad/negative personal experience ? :hmm:

I'm just anti credit is all. You have a choice - be free and wealthy or be a slave to the lender. The choice is yours. I never use credit anymore (accept to purchase online, but I don't keep a balance), which gives me the most powerful wealth building tool I have - my income!

Credit is the mantra of the middle class. No other way to describe it. Credit is bad. If you like being middle class however, keep the credit.

An example of just how bad credit is, simply take a car payment. The average US car payment is $400 a month. Do you know that if you paid yourself $400 a month for 40 years straight into a decent mutual fund that this would add up to $4.5 Million dollars at a normal return on investment of 12%? That car you have there must be a pretty nice car for $4.5 million! The car companies know this, but would rather not tell you because they want that 4.5 million in their pocket, not yours! Hope you like the car!

I guess the point I am getting across is that credit will keep you down. Even someone with minimal income can walk away at the end of their life more wealthy than anyone else if they are only slightly smart with their money.

I'm debt free at this point. I don't owe a penny to anyone and I plan to keep it that way.

-S

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I'm just anti credit is all. You have a choice - be free and wealthy or be a slave to the lender. The choice is yours. I never use credit anymore (accept to purchase online, but I don't keep a balance), which gives me the most powerful wealth building tool I have - my income!

Credit is the mantra of the middle class. No other way to describe it. Credit is bad. If you like being middle class however, keep the credit.

An example of just how bad credit is, simply take a car payment. The average US car payment is $400 a month. Do you know that if you paid yourself $400 a month for 40 years straight into a decent mutual fund that this would add up to $4.5 Million dollars at a normal return on investment of 12%? That car you have there must be a pretty nice car for $4.5 million! The car companies know this, but would rather not tell you because they want that 4.5 million in their pocket, not yours! Hope you like the car!

I guess the point I am getting across is that credit will keep you down. Even someone with minimal income can walk away at the end of their life more wealthy than anyone else if they are only slightly smart with their money.

I'm debt free at this point. I don't owe a penny to anyone and I plan to keep it that way.

-S

I currently enjoy the same status you describe in your last sentence, but it is a never ending struggle to maintain that position with a wife and two kids in tow

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

An example of just how bad credit is, simply take a car payment. The average US car payment is $400 a month. Do you know that if you paid yourself $400 a month for 40 years straight into a decent mutual fund that this would add up to $4.5 Million dollars at a normal return on investment of 12%? That car you have there must be a pretty nice car for $4.5 million! The car companies know this, but would rather not tell you because they want that 4.5 million in their pocket, not yours! Hope you like the car!

Lol, that would be a dandy car, if you paid $400 a month on it for 40 years, as you suggested

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Apparently, the defendant couldn't be bothered to remove the QVC packaging, arousing the tipsters' suspicion.

What is it about the criminal mind that makes get caught just because they're so STUPID?