And they keep coming...getting stupider and stupider....
Although, so far, this one about takes the cake...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...razil_ransom_dc
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - Crime doesn't pay, especially if a robber demands a ransom be paid to his own bank account.
Police in Rio de Janeiro said on Monday such a transaction gave away a Brazilian (news - web sites) who had stolen a car and a cellular phone at gunpoint earlier this month, along with an accomplice.
The desperate owner called him on the stolen phone and negotiated the return of his vehicle for a ransom of $345.
Alleged assailant Anderlei Moreira da Silva gave his personal bank account number for the money to be deposited there but did not return the car.
"Then the owner rushed to us asking for help," investigator Jose Bezerra told Reuters. "It was no Swiss account so we quickly found him," he said.
Police tracked the account and seized the suspect over the weekend. He was identified by the van's owner. They also found a stolen car that had been exchanged for the van in his yard.