Tag: crime

September 15, 2005 / Technical Discussions

I just received a sternly worded email from “eBay” of which I am not a registered user. Out of curiousity I decided to view the source of the email and see which tricks this nasty Phisher had employed

June 29, 2005 / New Zealand
June 29, 2005 / Technical Discussions

Been getting pesky email spam lately. Especially all those Phishing emails? View the source of the email and post the real info about the spammers here.

An example is this email I got today

June 28, 2005 / New Zealand

Police told her the intruder was probably drunk and had no intention of taking her baby.

According to the The New Zealand Herald a young woman was sleeping on the sofa at her in-laws with her 5 week old baby when she woke at 3am to find a man walking out with the baby.

June 15, 2005 / Other Stuff

I work a couple of days a week for a big American company and have only used their email address at ittoolbox.com so I’m not sure where the spam is coming from but I’ve had a few 419 type emails. Here’s an extract from one:

June 10, 2005 / Other Stuff

I’m no legal gun but here’s a scenario from my ideal world.

I’m in a hotel, and I have a hissy fit and whack a member of staff with a phone causing injury and stress. The staff member has every right to do a job without being assaulted so the cops get called.

If the “problem” is a police matter then why does it appear to world that I can open my wallet and fork out $$$ to buy the police off. Ok, I’m buying my victim off, but I get 2 for the price of 1.

May 18, 2005 / New Zealand