There's been a bit of controversy in Florida after nasty pranksters spammed Xbox Live and offered a two-year-old girl for sale. The worst part of the prank? The girl was real, and the unwitting mother's genuine phone number was posted along with the ad.
Christa Manos of Punta Gorda had to spend her Saturday night fielding angry phone calls from idiots who believed this was a real advert and decided to voice their disgusted opinions at a woman they believed to be selling a kid. At first she put it down to a crank call, but as the phone continued to wring, berating her for being a bad mother, she suspected foul play.
"By the 18th or 19th call, I knew something wasn't right," proclaimed Manos.
The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is investigating, but Manos says she has a good idea of who is responsible. The pranksters better hope they made a brand new Gamertag and used somebody else's Xbox to send these messages.
You know, a whole bunch of Dtoid staff members are in Miami right now, celebrating our third anniversary by getting drunk and doing crazy things. Not that I'm accusing Niero of being responsible for this, but it would make sense.
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11:20 AM on 03.11.2009
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Also, story is f'd up. At least put a fake number up or something. If it was a fake number, I wouldn't put it past half the people on XBLA to do something like that, let alone drunken DToiders.
A teenage voice answers the phone. "Is this Jared?"... "Yes, whose this?"... "I heard you want to go pro in halo?"... "Who the fuck is this?"... "I heard you kiss dudes".... "Who gave you this number?"... "Bill Gates, he's in my five"... Then he hung up.
It wasn't the most clever conversation, but everyone in the lobby was dieing laughing. On the downside, Jared called me everynight for the next week wanting to know who I am.
Pot, kettle, kettle, pot.
Also, 19th caller? by the 3rd i unplugged my phone line.
Mam: "LOL"
Answers phone 19th time: "LADY YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE"
Mam: "Lol, maybe I should check"
She's a slow one for sure.
Do they mean the xbox live FORUMS?
Help! The stupidity of this story confooses me.
Some bitch would have to pay ME to take a 2 year old.
What kind of idiot does this crap