Kiwibiker Sextortion Scam

[Oakie]

Not as bad as it sounds. Noticed when I logged into KB last night that I had to actually login with my password instead of just diving straight in which was unusual. Didn't think much of it though.

Today however, we received an email demanding $2000 in bitcoin or my unsavoury internet habits would be plastered across the monitors of the world. Scam of course but it was addressed to me using my KB password in the subject line and KB is the only place I use that old password so I'm guessing my details were harvested from the KB server yesterday along with my e-mail address which is also on KB underneath my password. Just a heads up then that you may also receive one of these e-mails but no need to go out and buy $2000 bitcoin. https://www.netsafe.org.nz/faketortian-email-scam/

Text of the e-mail follows for your amusement:


𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎, (deleted), 𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍.

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜, 𝚘𝚛 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎.

𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚖𝚎. 𝙷𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚋 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚖𝚘𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝟷𝟸𝟻 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜.

𝙸𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜, 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚋 𝚌𝚊𝚖.
(𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚕)

𝙸 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚏 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝟻 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑.

𝙸𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚌𝚘 𝚠𝚘��𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚜𝚜, 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 (𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎! 𝙼𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚖𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜).

𝚆𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚣𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚝? 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚒𝚝...

𝙱𝚞𝚝, 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢.

𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚛.

𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 $ 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟶 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜:
deleted
[𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚢 & 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 * 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚝]

(𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚒𝚗. 𝙳𝚘 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎)

𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 '𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗' (𝚠𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝?). 𝙸𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚐𝚘 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚣𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛.

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝟷 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕. 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎-𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝.


Apparently Easter and ANZAC Day are the worst days for this sort of e-mail scam in NZ. Be careful out there. (Oh, and Mrs Oakie has covered the webcam apperture on our PC now).

[Kickaha]

I got the same email today, password I haven't used in years on it

Is Philippino, amputee, dwarf porn really a weird preference ?

[Oakie]

Is Philippino, amputee, dwarf porn really a weird preference ? As long as dead chickens aren't involved ... sounds fine to me.

[JimO]

I got the same email today, password I haven't used in years on it

Is Philippino, amputee, dwarf porn really a weird preference ?
where did you buy your bitcoins?... asking for a friend

[sidecar bob]

Call their bluff, tell them to go fuckin nuts if they're that pathetic.

[iYRe]

I just looked in my spam folder to see how many I get.. I have like, 20 come in during the last 2 days using passwords harvested from data breaches that I havent used for years.. even an old myspace one.

I doubt it has anything to do with needing to enter your password though, if it was, I'd be more concerned you have had a keylogger installed on your end.

[Gearup]

As long as dead chickens aren't involved ... sounds fine to me.


Looks like bunny on teddy action is fine too going by your Avatar...

[Gearup]

Call their bluff, tell them to go fuckin nuts if they're that pathetic.


Nope, never acknowlege them is the standard advice from cyber security people.

[iYRe]

Nope, never acknowlege them is the standard advice from cyber security people.

if its not going direct to your junk mail, you might wanna find a new email service

[Gearup]

if its not going direct to your junk mail, you might wanna find a new email service


Regardless of that, some people think they're going to have a bit of fun with the scammer.

[iYRe]

Regardless of that, some people think they're going to have a bit of fun with the scammer.

True, dont do that.

[pzkpfw]

These kinds of email are unlikely to come from a legit email address, no reply is going to get to anyone involved.

When some dummies stick money in the supplied bitcoin account, that's all the reply the spammer gets.

[Gearup]

These kinds of email are unlikely to come from a legit email address, no reply is going to get to anyone involved.

When some dummies stick money in the supplied bitcoin account, that's all the reply the spammer gets.


The netsafe website link supplied by Oakie states "Don't respond..."

[pzkpfw]

The netsafe website link supplied by Oakie states "Don't respond..."

Of course.

Nothing I wrote was against that advice.



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Geez. I once got an email from a lawyer. To my email address at one of NZ's biggest IT companies.

He was all "Blaa blaa I forwarded your email to the police and they are investigating. Don't ever send me spam again blaa blaa."

Of course, my email as "sender" was spoofed and came from whatever source of addresses the spammer was using to send to.

Dummy didn't have a clue. Bet he gets paid more per hour than I do.
)

[Gearup]

Of course.

Nothing I wrote was against that advice.



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Geez. I once got an email from a lawyer. To my email address at one of NZ's biggest IT companies.

He was all "Blaa blaa I forwarded your email to the police and they are investigating. Don't ever send me spam again blaa blaa."

Of course, my email as "sender" was spoofed and came from whatever source of addresses the spammer was using to send to.

Dummy didn't have a clue. Bet he gets paid more per hour than I do.
)

My response was to illustrate that, unlike you, netsafe believe there is a legit email address behind it and a reply would get someone involved.

[pzkpfw]

My response was to illustrate that, unlike you, netsafe believe there is a legit email address behind it and a reply would get someone involved.

Yeah, you need to apply a little thought of your own. Blindly following advice without understanding, even if it's good advice, is slightly nauseating. No sane adult should need Netsafe to tell them how to blow their nose.

Yes, sometimes the email address is legit, sure. Especially for the sort of scam where they need to suck you in and initiate a conversation; e.g. the "I have lots of money but need a little of yours to get at it and then you can have some" Nigerian Prince type.

(Of course, you can see where people have had fun with that at https://www.419eater.com/ !)

The point of my first response was simply that in the type of spam this thread is about, the email address is quite likely bogus - because the spammer doesn't need an email reply; so there's doubly no point at all in replying - it's unlikely to even result in 419 eater style fun.

As described in my second post, I have literal first hand experience of spam sent with a bogus address!

[Gearup]

Yeah, you need to apply a little thought of your own. Blindly following advice without understanding, even if it's good advice, is slightly nauseating. No sane adult should need Netsafe to tell them how to blow their nose.

Yes, sometimes the email address is legit, sure. Especially for the sort of scam where they need to suck you in and initiate a conversation; e.g. the "I have lots of money but need a little of yours to get at it and then you can have some" Nigerian Prince type.

(Of course, you can see where people have had fun with that at https://www.419eater.com/ !)

The point of my first response was simply that in the type of spam this thread is about, the email address is quite likely bogus - because the spammer doesn't need an email reply; so there's doubly no point at all in replying - it's unlikely to even result in 419 eater style fun.

As described in my second post, I have literal first hand experience of spam sent with a bogus address!


You're making huge assumptions. How do you know I don't understand the advice offered?

As I wrote earlier, some people do reply to exactly this type of scam and it was suggested they do it by someone in this thread.

I'd believe netsafe before I'd believe someone who provided an unsubstantiated story about a supposed spam email.

[Oakie]

There has been one silver lining with this incident. Explaining to our grandaughter that yes, people can hack in and watch you through your webcam freaked her out quite a bit, and while she is pretty security-savvy (even at 13), this bought it home to her that people really will do this shit. Pretty confident that her laptop will be now be closed when she's not using it.

Oh, as an aside, a couple of weeks ago she got a request for a naked photo of herself from someone she didn't know. She sent them a photo of a policeman and then blocked them. Further back than that and in a similar vein, some random asked her for a 'more specific' photo. She sent them a photo of our cat and then blocked them. I'm sure you can work that out.

[Swoop]

Sounds like fun.
Copy and paste the spammer's email address into a website that will swamp their inbox! There are a few around (just google for them) and it is pleasnt to know their inbox will receive around 12 emails per second.

Not a victory of any sorts, but it gives you a warm feeling inside.

[caspernz]

Sounds like fun.
Copy and paste the spammer's email address into a website that will swamp their inbox! There are a few around (just google for them) and it is pleasnt to know their inbox will receive around 12 emails per second.

Not a victory of any sorts, but it gives you a warm feeling inside.

The provision of a chatbot is cool, now no longer reserved for the IT crowd it seems :eek5:

[jasonu]

There has been one silver lining with this incident. Explaining to our grandaughter that yes, people can hack in and watch you through your webcam freaked her out quite a bit, and while she is pretty security-savvy (even at 13), this bought it home to her that people really will do this shit. Pretty confident that her laptop will be now be closed when she's not using it.

Oh, as an aside, a couple of weeks ago she got a request for a naked photo of herself from someone she didn't know. She sent them a photo of a policeman and then blocked them. Further back than that and in a similar vein, some random asked her for a 'more specific' photo. She sent them a photo of our cat and then blocked them. I'm sure you can work that out.

Put a cover or piece of tape etc over your web cam. Mark sucker berg uses a post it note and so do I.

[Dadpole]

Try these.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32878129073.html?spm=2114.13010708.0.0.3a994c4dThA H4m

It annoys me when I see a Band-Aid on someones laptop...

[TheDemonLord]

There has been one silver lining with this incident. Explaining to our grandaughter that yes, people can hack in and watch you through your webcam freaked her out quite a bit, and while she is pretty security-savvy (even at 13), this bought it home to her that people really will do this shit. Pretty confident that her laptop will be now be closed when she's not using it.

Oh, as an aside, a couple of weeks ago she got a request for a naked photo of herself from someone she didn't know. She sent them a photo of a policeman and then blocked them. Further back than that and in a similar vein, some random asked her for a 'more specific' photo. She sent them a photo of our cat and then blocked them. I'm sure you can work that out.

As others have mentioned.

Never.
Reply.
To.
Any.
Dodgy.
Request.

Don't reply with a picture.
Especially don't reply with a picture of anything directly related to you personally (yes, that includes your cat).

[Oakie]

Put a cover or piece of tape etc over your web cam. Mark sucker berg uses a post it note and so do I.

Mrs Oakie did that about 5 minutes after I explained that ... "no. I really didn't do that!"

[Oakie]

As others have mentioned.

Never.
Reply.
To.
Any.
Dodgy.
Request.

Don't reply with a picture.
Especially don't reply with a picture of anything directly related to you personally (yes, that includes your cat).

Good point. I'll discuss that with her.

[Oakie]

Sounds like fun.
Copy and paste the spammer's email address into a website that will swamp their inbox! There are a few around (just google for them) and it is pleasnt to know their inbox will receive around 12 emails per second.

Not a victory of any sorts, but it gives you a warm feeling inside.

Trouble is that it's probably a spoofed e-mail addy so belongs to an innocent party.

[pritch]

The advice I read long since was, "Don't engage." If you reply at all, you are confirming that they've found an active account.

There was a news clip taken within FaceBook HQ and it showed Zuckerbergs laptop with the camera covered. He would be a much higher profile than any of us though.

It's odd but people of my acquaintance who have experience in matters of individual and collective security can behave like babes in the woods online.

[ellipsis]

...and then there's the app coming up...following...knowing shit they shouldn't have access to...

...fuck your scammers...there are more dangerous people out there...

...if yer gunna be scammed then you deserve it...security on the web starts with believing nuthin' 'til ya sussed it...and you never will...

...it's just another consumer product to most...consume as much shit as you can...

...it's good for parts you may need tho...sometimes...