"419" Scam / Fake lottery UK Phone Numbers
Most "419" scams using +44 70xxx numbers involve emails that are sent from Nigeria and other West African countries, not from the UK! The UK number is just to lend credibility to the scam.
UK phone numbers starting with '70' are "Personal numbering" in the "Find me anywhere" range. Charges for calls to these numbers are not distance-dependent. They can cost as much as UKL 0.50 (USD 0.90) per minute to call and can forward the call to any phone number in the world. Read more of the article with the following link:
http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-phone-uk.htm
New virus hits users of Internet Explorer Release date: 1 / 7 / 2004
The outbreak of the 'Scob' Virus
Scob remotely installs malicious code, which is then downloaded by anyone using Internet Explorer to visit a series of websites running Microsoft’s Internet Information Server. Although the infected sites have been cleaned up, the flaw remains vulnerable to exploitation until it is fixed. Microsoft is currently working on a patch, but in the meantime, users are recommended to try a different web browser.
Users can read Microsoft’s advice on this issue by clicking on the following link, and remember to upload the patch as soon as Microsoft publishes it: http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/download_ject.mspx
DOMAIN REGISTRY SERVICES - Do Not Pay These Invoices!!!!!
They are headed 'Domain Expiration Notice' and are from Domain Registry Services at Office 6, 154 Church End, Cambridge, CB1 3LD. The following note is from the web site of http://www.nominet.org.uk
"Following concerns expressed by many of our customers, Nominet UK, the .uk Internet registry, is alerting registrants (domain name holders) to be aware of bogus invoices being distributed by an organisation called "Domain Registry Services."
Registrants have been receiving a 'Notice of Expiration' invoice from Domain Registry Services, which infers that it is the Registry for those domain names. The notice states that the registrant stands to lose their domain name unless the invoice is settled. The sums being demanded are many times what Nominet would charge a registration agent (seller of domain names) for registering a .uk domain name.
These false invoices have been issued to owners of .com and .org domain names in the past, but Nominet UK has recently received information that this scam has spread to .co.uk names as well.
Nominet UK advise all .uk domain holders to be careful when checking correspondence regarding the expiry of their domain names. If you have any doubts about the validity of an invoice, please contact your existing registration agent who will be able to advise you.
Nominet UK is also investigating where this organisation has obtained its lists of .uk information, and is co-operating with trading standards officers to deal with this matter." |
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