Sometime in the Past: Mr. X makes $1 million sending spam—hundreds of millions of e-mails for porno and college degrees and what-have-you; all your favorites, doubtless.
Sometime more recently: Mr. X buys a Porsche celebrating his newfound vocation (above).
Even more recently: Mr. X loses Porsche through his newfound vocation (still above).
The Future (?): Previous spam-victim of Mr. X wins Porsche in a raffle run by AOL.
(via BBC News: Spammer’s Porsche up for grabs [March 30, 2004])