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the way its written says a lot imoWe have detected that there have been a thief logged on in your account You will have to run the GOA Anti-Hack Tool that we sent you with this email.
only Norc does that ..pepper wrote:not only that...
GoA will never ever send you an attached file.
<grin>To be fair that's how GOA usually type so it's hard to tell the difference between some authentic GOA message and that based purely on bad EnglishSatyn wrote:the way its written says a lot imo
I'd imagine so, the attachment is esssentially a trojan, maliciously spreading viruses and trojans is certainly punishableMaeloch wrote:Out of interest, this kinda of activity break any law? - above and beyond being a general nuiscance. I mean you're basically obtaining a password for a computer game via deception, is that illegal? Is the dodgy attachment breaking any law? Who is the injured party if it does, you or GOA?
Ownership of online items is a hot topic in the legal world of over countries but it's yet to become an issue here.pffff I knew when posted that YOU would make this comment. You're getting transparent hunnyXest wrote:To be fair that's how GOA usually type so it's hard to tell the difference between some authentic GOA message and that based purely on bad English
In the UK the Computer Misuse Act (1990) would cover this. With the recent change it covers it even more.Maeloch wrote:Out of interest, this kinda of activity break any law? - above and beyond being a general nuiscance. I mean you're basically obtaining a password for a computer game via deception, is that illegal? Is the dodgy attachment breaking any law? Who is the injured party if it does, you or GOA?