Body Found in Canada Identified as Neo-Nazi Spam King

So I remember back when this story first broke after they found the body in the burnt out car originally. It ended up being a bit of a local mystery for a while.

Originally, the vicitim was identified as a hiker in what was assumed to be just a random attack sparking some fears of a killer on the loose until the story faded away.

I guess it turns out there was more to the story than originally thought.

krebsonsecurity.com...

The body of a man found shot inside a burned out vehicle in Canada three years ago has been identified as that of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government march on Washington, D.C. in 1999, according to news reports.

Homicide detectives said they originally thought the man found June 14, 2017 in a torched SUV on a logging road in Squamish, British Columbia was a local rock climber known to others in the area as a politically progressive vegan named Jesse James.

Hawke had reportedly bragged about the money he earned from spam, but told friends he didn’t trust banks and decided to convert his earnings into gold and platinum bars. That sparked rumors that he had possibly buried his ill-gotten gains on his parents’ Massachusetts property.

In 2005, AOL won a $12.8 million lawsuit against him for relentlessly spamming its users. A year later, AOL won a court judgment authorizing them to dig on that property, although no precious metals were ever found.

More recently, Hawke’s Jesse James identity penned a book called Psychology of Seduction, which claimed to merge the “shady world of the pickup artist with modern science, unraveling the mystery of attraction using evolutionary biology and examining seduction through the lens of social and evolutionary psychology.”

The book’s “about the author” page said James was a “disruptive technology pioneer” who was into rock climbing and was a resident of Squamish. It also claimed James held a PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford, and that he was an officer in the Israeli Defense Force.

It might be difficult to fathom why, but Hawke may have made a few enemies over the years. Spam Kings author McWilliams notes that Hawke changed his name with regularity and used many pseudonyms.

Makes you wonder who would have tracked this guy down just to brutally murder him and torch him?

I mean he doesn't sound like that great of a person, like a real #bag really, but you've gotta piss someone off pretty bad to go out like that.

a reply to: dug88

Probably someone who wanted that hidden gold that he idiotically talked about to random people.

Make enough enemies and you're bound to get burned. Literally.

a reply to: Atsbhct

I'm wondering if he pissed off some gang members or something. There's a lot of gang activity in BC. It wouldn't be the first time i've heard of someone being taken to a forest in BC and 'dealt with'. He seems like the kind of person who might run their mouth off to the wrong person or try and scam someone like that.

a reply to: dug88

Wow, a Nazi shot and then burned, the delicious irony.

a reply to: dug88

Maybe he tried to use his scien-pickup methods on the wrong HA's old lady?

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

Yeah seems like one of those twist endings. Some M. Night shamylan #.. But like, squamish is basically the north pole. Once you leave vancouver you might as well be in barren wilderness. It's pretty much every meme about canada the moment you drive around that corner and the city goes out of sight. We're talking like polar bears, igloos, the works.

Nah, i'm just kidding, kinda, but this guy lived in a place where, he's not all that easy to find. Someone went through some effort to do this.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Probably for his treasures...just to add to that irony.

originally posted by: RickyD
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Probably for his treasures...just to add to that irony.

It's no longer conspiracies of regular old Nazi gold. It's Neo-Nazi troll gold. Probably worth .000000000001 BTC

originally posted by: dug88
krebsonsecurity.com...

Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and
neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government
march on Washington.
Also known as Jesse James,
he was an officer in the Israeli Defense Force.
Hawke changed his name with regularity
and used many pseudonyms.

Makes you wonder who would have tracked this guy
down just to brutally murder him and torch him?

I mean he doesn't sound like that great of a person,
like a real #bag really, but you've gotta piss someone
off pretty bad to go out like that.

"neo-Nazi officer in the Israeli Defense Force"

Burning both ends of a candle would explain everything.

A better question would be
WHY WAS AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE OFFICER
LEADING AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT MARCH
on Washington disguised as a neo-Nazi ?? !!



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a reply to: dug88

Now this is ATS worthy! I am going to read up on this case.

Crazy it took 3 years to ID the body correctly.

a reply to: dug88

CSIS took him out.

That's how we roll....

originally posted by: ToneDeaf

originally posted by: dug88
krebsonsecurity.com...

Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and
neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government
march on Washington.
Also known as Jesse James,
he was an officer in the Israeli Defense Force.
Hawke changed his name with regularity
and used many pseudonyms.

Makes you wonder who would have tracked this guy
down just to brutally murder him and torch him?

I mean he doesn't sound like that great of a person,
like a real #bag really, but you've gotta piss someone
off pretty bad to go out like that.

"neo-Nazi officer in the Israeli Defense Force"

Burning both ends of a candle would explain everything.

A better question would be
WHY WAS AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE OFFICER
LEADING AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT MARCH
on Washington disguised as a neo-Nazi ?? !!



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Nice catch..

I missed that too....

Starting to look like International Spy level crap..at first take anyway...

Perfect cover really...

originally posted by: ToneDeaf

originally posted by: dug88
krebsonsecurity.com...

Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and
neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government
march on Washington.
Also known as Jesse James,
he was an officer in the Israeli Defense Force.
Hawke changed his name with regularity
and used many pseudonyms.

Makes you wonder who would have tracked this guy
down just to brutally murder him and torch him?

I mean he doesn't sound like that great of a person,
like a real #bag really, but you've gotta piss someone
off pretty bad to go out like that.

"neo-Nazi officer in the Israeli Defense Force"

Burning both ends of a candle would explain everything.

A better question would be
WHY WAS AN ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE OFFICER
LEADING AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT MARCH
on Washington disguised as a neo-Nazi ?? !!



_________

Exactly what stood out for me aswell i had to reread the title to makes sure i read neo nazi.

Interesting, usually around here, bodies in burned out cars belong to peons in the drug trade. This is trippy!

originally posted by: dug88
a reply to: Atsbhct

I'm wondering if he pissed off some gang members or something. There's a lot of gang activity in BC. It wouldn't be the first time i've heard of someone being taken to a forest in BC and 'dealt with'. He seems like the kind of person who might run their mouth off to the wrong person or try and scam someone like that.

There was a Cartel guy disposed up there a few years back. Otherwise, most get taken out on the spot, a matter of opportunity..the cars are always found burning a few miles away

a reply to: ToneDeaf

He wasn't actually in the IDF, it was just something he claimed in his books. He also said he graduated from Stanford with a PhD in Physics, but it's just another lie in a big web of lies.

originally posted by: Atsbhct
a reply to: ToneDeaf

He wasn't actually in the IDF, it was just something he claimed in his books. He also said he graduated from Stanford with a PhD in Physics, but it's just another lie in a big web of lies.

Yea..it does sound like he had issue with the truth..lol

Still interesting for Canada...we don't get much...so i'm going with International Super Spy....

a reply to: MykeNukem

Do a deep dive into the mass shooting we had in NS this year if you want a dose of "WTF Canada?". Police payments to the shooter, suppression of emergency alerts, sprinklings of psyop, gangs. The more comes out about it, the crazier it gets.

a reply to: Atsbhct

Not to mention the junkies from Surrey that were busted a few years ago after the RCMP basically sat there filming them and supporting them while they made bombs and threatened to blow up a celebration.

originally posted by: dug88
So I remember back when this story first broke after they found the body in the burnt out car originally. It ended up being a bit of a local mystery for a while.

Originally, the vicitim was identified as a hiker in what was assumed to be just a random attack sparking some fears of a killer on the loose until the story faded away.

I guess it turns out there was more to the story than originally thought.

krebsonsecurity.com...

The body of a man found shot inside a burned out vehicle in Canada three years ago has been identified as that of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a prolific spammer and neo-Nazi who led a failed anti-government march on Washington, D.C. in 1999, according to news reports.

Homicide detectives said they originally thought the man found June 14, 2017 in a torched SUV on a logging road in Squamish, British Columbia was a local rock climber known to others in the area as a politically progressive vegan named Jesse James.

Hawke had reportedly bragged about the money he earned from spam, but told friends he didn’t trust banks and decided to convert his earnings into gold and platinum bars. That sparked rumors that he had possibly buried his ill-gotten gains on his parents’ Massachusetts property.

In 2005, AOL won a $12.8 million lawsuit against him for relentlessly spamming its users. A year later, AOL won a court judgment authorizing them to dig on that property, although no precious metals were ever found.

More recently, Hawke’s Jesse James identity penned a book called Psychology of Seduction, which claimed to merge the “shady world of the pickup artist with modern science, unraveling the mystery of attraction using evolutionary biology and examining seduction through the lens of social and evolutionary psychology.”

The book’s “about the author” page said James was a “disruptive technology pioneer” who was into rock climbing and was a resident of Squamish. It also claimed James held a PhD in theoretical physics from Stanford, and that he was an officer in the Israeli Defense Force.

It might be difficult to fathom why, but Hawke may have made a few enemies over the years. Spam Kings author McWilliams notes that Hawke changed his name with regularity and used many pseudonyms.

Makes you wonder who would have tracked this guy down just to brutally murder him and torch him?

I mean he doesn't sound like that great of a person, like a real #bag really, but you've gotta piss someone off pretty bad to go out like that.

Good riddance. The unpaid $12,500,000.00 to AOL was probably the main motivation here. Anytime a hacker dies I can't help but laugh.