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| Bluechip:
Most of them do originate from the US ( although, with proxy servers there's no way to know really, AFAIK ). The thing from the 'HMRC' prats is pretty obvious as they don't appear to know who I am, nor is the 'English' very convincing ... Anyway Baron, as you appear to be somewhat distressed, I regret I can't help with Sterling however I do have some Embassy Coupons and Green Shield Stamps I am willing to weigh in if you wish. :thumbup: Dave |
| JD:
Pity you cant have something like reverse polarity in Electrics, return to sender it would very soon stop perhaps you may even get some cash. I remember a woman in UK got a scam e-mail, she started a conversation with a person from Nigeria (how sorry she was to hear of his predicament) eventually gaining their trust so she asked for a photo of himself/herself, the silly bugger sent her one :clap: game over they caught the guy apparently. John W |
| JD:
Dave Blast from the past Embassy coupons, Green shield Stamps, I believe you could buy a Rolls Royce with them at one time. John W |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: Jonny on February 20, 2014, 10:38:42 AM --- Thing that bugged me the Gov own various formats of that domain name, so someone has to have access to it. Insider? --- End quote --- [Warning: This post contains what might be considered techno-mumbo-jumbo. But I hope it helps anyway] Actually, no, not an insider. The thing is, the e-mail protocol that the whole world currently relies on, is massively out of date. It was first defined in 1982, when the number of computers on "the internet" were vanishingly small compared to today; a valid analogy I think would be one of those small isolated villages where everyone pretty much knew everyone else. So the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) was born - and it WAS simple. No security at all. Any computer, in fact, could create an e-mail that purported to be from anybody, to anybody, and the system just delivered it. Fast forward to 2014, and many servers still accept basic SMTP mail without questioning where it came from, or how it got there. Instead, most mail servers now run various anti-spam measures, which catch a mail as - or after - it has arrived & deal with it then, instead of rejecting it at source. One day, someone will perfect e-mail security, it'll slowly be adopted worldwide, and then hacked just as effectively as SMTP... such is the nature of the internet... |
| Bluechip:
--- Quote from: JD on February 20, 2014, 04:21:22 PM ---Dave Blast from the past Embassy coupons, Green shield Stamps, I believe you could buy a Rolls Royce with them at one time. John W --- End quote --- John In 1971 you could have bought Rolls-Royce itself ... :( ( assuming they had change for a book of stamps ... ) However, on a cheerier note ..... some 8 years later :thumbup: Dave |
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