I often hear from clients that they heard their friend heard that some guy somewhere ripped off a load of people with a Net-related scam and that this guy's now driving round in a Plutonium-plated Porsche.

You read the same thing in the papers sometimes; the paper press ALWAYS simplifies IT-related stories to the point of untruth, of course. And, I'm always getting Spam from Nigeria, where they desperately need my bank account details.... but...

But, I've always found that none of these Net scam artists have got any REAL money. They're always up to their arse in debt, on the run from clients/cops/me and living in someone's loft "until they get their business sorted".

So, does anyone know of a scamster who has genuinely made serious cash out of a Net scam? As opposed to a scamster who pretends to have serious cash or is reputed to have serious cash?