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by bryanrasmussen 1601 days ago
> I distinctly remember a few "C:\Documents and Settings\<uncommon first and last name>\...", from which I could find and sometimes phone them (often their parents would answer)

so this sounds like a pretty devious attack if you want to get someone, pose as a script kiddie in online forum, put in C:\Documents and Settings\<their first and last name> in stuff, other identifying info maybe and then let others do the work.