Would-be scammer ships stolen cellphones to FBI

File this one under “dumass criminals.”

The latest mobile-related shenanigans to cross the wires has a 44-year old man from Memphis, Tenn., trying to jack a cellphone distributor for some 50 phones. The kicker is that he shipped the phones to an FBI field office, where he promptly got himself caught and charged with all kinds of criminal wrongdoing.

The total cost of all those mobile phones only amounted to $2,359.45 payment (around these parts, that might get us four high-end smartphones), but the scammer wasn’t about to pony up with his own funds. He decided to pay the cellphone distributor with a forged cashier’s check for the full amount. And, it may have worked, had the intellectually-challenged thief spell-checked his work. The cashier’s check was apparently misspelled as “cahier’s check,” tipping the cellphone distributor to the shady dealings.

After notifying local police, the FBI found the scammer trying to wave down the delivery truck – in front of the FBI office, no less. FBI agents noticed the scammer and apprehended the dim-bulb, sending him on a long ride in a police car. It’s probably safe to presume that this idiot scammer isn’t happy about being locked up over a measly $2K and 50 low-end budget handsets.

[Via: AP]