Would you buy X-Ray glasses if you could? How much would you pay? Would $432 be worth it for a delicious peek through your neighbor's clothing? (just as long as you remember NOT to covet her?) Do you, like Superman, feel the need to look through steel walls just in case there is some way-ward activity on the other side?

In Seoul, South Korea, a Mr. Jeong recently netted $4,650.00 in an Internet scam designed to reign in unsuspecting folks who answered yes to any of the above questions. According to police, Mr. Jeong started 14 Internet sites to sell the glasses, complete with user testimonials touting how good the products were. I love the officers anonymous statement on the matter, "Even though Jeong was fully aware there is no such thing as X-ray glasses, he decided to earn a large amount of money through fake advertisements when people became interested in the glasses."

So, Mr. Jeong was fully aware that there were not any X-Ray glass (which is a serious disappointment to me as I am absolutely positive that I could catch some of my neighbors in decidedly criminal activities if I had a pair) and still sold them. That sounds to me like all of the Spam I get telling me to get penile enlargements. ( Since I'm a woman, I tend not to take those so seriously.)

The article, which appeared recently in one of Korea's largest newspapers, then finished with, "Netizens have been debating online whether such glasses exist, how they work and what they can do."

The article also claims that "X-ray glasses" is one of the most popular search terms on the Internet, which is news to me, but maybe that only relates to South Korea. A Google search for "X-ray glasses" yielded me with a link to X-ray glasses for just $6.99 on Ebay, suggesting either that the South Koreans are more gullible or perhaps have more discretionary income to spend.