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BootBoy · 03-06-2004, 00:01

Fully understand the DPA implications, I am in IT in a different context(Inhouse development/analysis on midrange machines).

I expect to get a call from a family member or friend in the next couple of days: " I'm can't access the 'net and I'm getting this page that says stuff I don't understand"
In which case all is well and I can go and fix it for them, If it isn't somebody I know with a compromised machine, then I'm at a loss to understand why anybody would (or even could) pick my private and personal email address to use as a return in a spam mailshot.

I intend to visit all my family/friends machines before the weekend, to eliminate them from my enquiries.

03-06-2004, 00:01	#8
BootBoy cf.member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Planet Earth Services: Why do you ask? Posts: 72	Re: I'm being Joe-Jobbed from an NTL address Fully understand the DPA implications, I am in IT in a different context(Inhouse development/analysis on midrange machines). I expect to get a call from a family member or friend in the next couple of days: " I'm can't access the 'net and I'm getting this page that says stuff I don't understand" In which case all is well and I can go and fix it for them, If it isn't somebody I know with a compromised machine, then I'm at a loss to understand why anybody would (or even could) pick my private and personal email address to use as a return in a spam mailshot. I intend to visit all my family/friends machines before the weekend, to eliminate them from my enquiries.