A prisoner manages to escape with a simple phishing operation ~ DepoTech

Thanks to a simple smartphone and a net connection, Neil Moore, a prisoner of 28 years incarcerated at Wandsworth Prison (England), was able to order his own liberation.

Neil Moore was in custody in the Wandsworth prison, in the London suburb. He was charged with identity theft. He posed as a banker to rip several large investors, which allowed him to collect more than 2 million.

To escape from the prison, Neil Moore started by registering a domain name mimicking that of Southwark Court of Justice, in charge of the administrative prisons. Then he created near real email addresses by replacing the points with dashes to email demanding his release on bail on 10 March. And combines it worked: Neil Moore was released as free as air on March 10.

The prison became aware of the scam until three days later when his lawyers tried to contact him, but without success.

However, Neil Moore has said that escape from prison was perhaps not the best thing to do to defend his case at trial. After three days on the run, the escapee decided to surrender.

Visibly impressed, the judge and the prosecutor described the accused "criminal genius." His case will be considered by the next April 20 court.