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The parents of Davis Wolfgang Hawke, a spammer against whom AOL won a $12.8 million lawsuit against, are none too happy about AOL’s treasure hunt on their property. From the article:

That’s not sitting well with Hyman and Peggy Greenbaum. Peggy Greenbaum says the couple had nothing to do with spamming and can’t believe that their son would be “stupid” enough to bury gold bars on their property.

“We don’t have an attorney. My husband is writing an objection, and I’m writing an objection to searching our property and also the interior of house–any kind of search,” Peggy Greenbaum said in an interview with CNET News.com. “Not that we’re hiding anything; it’s just that we haven’t been a part of any of Britt’s spamming activities.”

Well, I suppose I wouldn’t be too happy if I had some corporation digging for buried treasure on my property either. (Actually I wouldn’t even be happy if it was pirates for that matter. ARRRR!) It will be interesting to see how this story plays out, and whether or not they actually find buried treasure, and how the homeowners will be compensated if no treasure is found.

Read: Couple to AOL: Stop searching for spammer’s gold [CNET News.com]