E~*TRADE LEFT HIM TWISTING IN THE WIND

摘要

The trouble all began one day in the middle of July. Chris Ring sat down at the computer in his living room, went to Yahoo! Classifieds, and posted an ad to sell his Sony laptop. Just like that, he had a buyer, a Carlstadt (N.J.) student named Phillip Tang. By phone, Ring agreed to send the Sony via FedEx in exchange for a $2,775 cashier's check. He got the check in two days, but it would take him three weeks to learn that it was bogus—as was "Phillip Tang," a pseudonymous cybercrook who has eluded the police for months.