You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
-- Victor Frankenstein

Not news: some guy was taken by an internet scam. News: his name is Sir Tim Berners-Lee:

"The worst thing that has happened to me was when I tried to buy a Christmas present from a company that looked like a bona fide company on the internet and then actually they were a completely fake company. I think I am yet to get the money back, but it wasn't a lot.

Who is Sir Tim Berners-Lee?

"Man, how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!"

In 1990, he invented the World Wide Web.