I used to believe that technology enabled criminals to do things better than they used to. Phishing scams, online pedophiles and pyramid schemes seem to just work better online. With the recent reports of the Lakeland, FL teens beating a girl on camera along with the many episodes of Dateline NBC that have been televised where pedophiles getting nabbed I’m beginning to think technology catches more criminals than it creates.

There are new reports of people getting caught every day. Here is South Dakota a report just came out about an 18 year old text messaging a 12 year old for a sexual encounter from his cell phone. It even says in the report that the offender knew what he was doing was wrong. I also watched World’s Dumbest Criminals this weekend where a family actually recorded themselves committing insurance fraud. Another featured a woman stealing a dog in plain site of a clearly visibe camera.
I guess I never figured people were that stupid before. I guess anyone willing to commit a crime isn’t that smart to begin with. But they take it to a new level to do their crimes where everything you do is recorded. Simply stunning!