When I first read this story I really thought it was a joke. AOL is going to dig up the garden of the parents of a convicted spammer in search of gold and platinum. I can just see the next AOL contest now. Win free gold bars with your new subscription!
"After threatening to get tough on serial junk e-mailers three years ago, AOL intends to show its conviction has not wavered by digging up the garden belonging to the parents of a convicted spammer--in pursuit of buried gold and platinum.
On Tuesday, the company announced that it intended to dig up the garden in Massachusetts belonging to the parents of Davis Wolfgang Hawke. The parents claim that they have not seen their son in more that a year, not since he was fined $12.8 million by a U.S. court under the Can-Spam Act. "