Re: Threat mail from russia (followup)

[//Stany <stany () NotBSD org>]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, jeff keith wrote:

> Justin Kremer - CEO wrote:
> > If you receive an e-mail like this, the FIRST thing to do is contact the
> > bank given in the e-mail.
> <snip>
>
> I did just that, contacting ABN AMRO Bank, and after getting
> transferred around for a while, the person I finally spoke to indicated
> that the account numbers mentioned in the email were invalid.

Sadly, this being Russia (and field experience tells me that it's very
similar in Bulgaria and other ex-Soviet Block countries), pretty much
anything can be bought  or sold if you know the right people, and can meet
the right price.

I guess I am paranoid, but considering internet access in Russia is still
very costly for a home user, a potential situation is that the cracker
that sends out threat letters is a bank employee, that uses bank's
internet connection to earn a bit of cash on the side.

Then it gets interesting, and sadly it's not too far fetched.

Oh, and yes, I speak from general experience of being born in USSR.

> jak

Signed:
//Stany
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