In 2018 I somewhat innocently bought very expensive coffee (Nespresso capsules) online from Ebay. What followed was a series of unexpected additional packages from the manufacturer Nespresso and a lurking suspicion that something had gone terriblyif not criminallywrong as a result of my purchase. This talk chronicles the obnoxious amounts of obsessive research and tracking that became my new hobbystalking Nespresso fraudsters and my decidedly nontechnical attempts at developing a generic search profile and reporting the fraudsters to anyone who would listen, to include : the persons whose identities had been stolen, Nespresso, Ebay, and the FBI. Ultimately I just ended up with a LOT of coffee; a lingering sense that I had committed several crimes; and no faith left in humanity.

Talk by Nina Kollars