pudge's Journalpudge's use Perl JournalState Attorney General and FBI: No Help- May 20, 2008 So regarding the death threat scam, I got enough information for law enforcement to do something about it. So I called the state attorney general's office, and they directed me to the FBI. I contacted them, and they told me that because the subject is in another country (even if it is one of our closest allies), they cannot do anything about it, except that I can file a complaint at the Internet Crime Complaint Center.It sounds to me like they aren't going to do anything. I gave them the...http://use.perl.org/~pudge/journal/36476?from=rss Respond to this spam OR DIE!- May 18, 2008 Literally, I am told that I need to respond to this spam, or die. Since "please give me money, and I'll give you more in return" isn't working anymore, I guess it's time to resort to threats. Apparently this is new; I see some mentions of it, all from this month. Pretty funny, really. Complete spam is enclosed below; if I do die, you can use the header information to avenge me or something. From: adamsjamil9gazeta.plSubject: Mr SOMEONE YOU CALL YOUR FRIEND, WANTS YOU DEAD.Date: May 17, 2008.http://use.perl.org/~pudge/journal/36457?from=rss Cell Phone Lunacy- May 2, 2008 T-Mobile is my cell phone provider. I "upgraded" my old Nokia 6600 (four years old now, at least) to a Nokia 6263 for free. But when I got it, I found that -- with the exact same SIM card, same account, same network -- it would not run downloaded network apps like Google Maps.This makes it subuseful.So I call them up, and they would apparently rather have me return my phones and cancel my service altogether than give me a working phone. Oh they say they can give me a Blackberry, but it will..http://use.perl.org/~pudge/journal/36317?from=rss |