About 12 years ago our then new neighbor had a block wall removed that was at the edge of our property. He said he thought it was his wall, but agreed to replace it. He replaced it with a cheap wooden fence.

We eventually had to take him to court where we won the maximum allowable in small claims court. $5000. Over a year later, he still hadn't paid. The only thing the civil court could do is award a judgement. They had no authority to make him pay.

Almost two years after the judgement, I went to check my mail and saw I received some of his mail. One of them was from Capital One the credit card company.

Having most of his personal information from the court proceedings, I applied for a credit card in his name. I was just planning on messing with him a little. I never expected to receive the card. I really wanted him to find out and have, at the very least, a fraud alert attached to his credit.

A weird thing happened. Our mailman is incompetant and constantly puts mail in the wrong boxes. Most of the time, myself and our neighbors will just put misplaced mail on top of the community mail box. It happens so often, there is always a rock up there used as a paperweight.

I looked through the pile of the misplaced mail and saw our neighbors name. I felt through the envelope and felt something the size of a credit card. That came home with me and sat for a few weeks until I decided what to do with it.

I finally opened it and saw that I needed to call an 800 number from the phone number given to the card company. Late one night, I went to the phone pole at the street, followed the lines from his house and hooked up a phone to his line using alligator clips. I got a dial tone and quickly activated the credit card. Now I have an active credit card in his name. Still not sure what to do with it, it just sat in a desk drawer for another year.

One day, a neighbor walking her dog mentioned that the other neighbor was in the process of looking for another home in another city and likely won't be our neighbor much longer.

Empty house. Active credit card. That same night, I went back to the phone pole, hooked up a laptop using dial up with his phone number and a AOL trial disk. I went to the Alienware website, built up and ordered a $5000 laptop and had it shipped to his address.

UPS attempted delivery three days later. That night, I went to his doorstep and signed his name to the note they left authorizing delivery. On the 4th night I picked up my brand new laptop from his doorstep.

I don't see how he could deny he ordered the computer. His information on the credit card. It was ordered from an internet line using his phone number and sent to his address.

I would call us even.