Clearly there are many scam attempts along the lines of receiving a text
message saying you need to pay some extra amount to have your parcel
delivered.

So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like

<https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>

which make them look *more* like the scams?

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:03:15 +0100
Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:

> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>
> <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>

I have never understood why organisations get multiple domains
instead of using subdomains apart from protection like when Yahoo! found a
need to register in Cameroon because someone was squatting on yahoo.cm
catching typos.

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For forms of government let fools contest
Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope

On 20/04/2024 09:03, Tease'n'Seize wrote:
> Clearly there are many scam attempts along the lines of receiving a text
> message saying you need to pay some extra amount to have your parcel
> delivered.
>
> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>
>     <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>
>
> which make them look *more* like the scams?
>
>

I agree

If I was going in to that sort of business, I would simply buy a domain
something like "security-update.co.uk" (thats a real domain which is
for sale right now)

Then I could direct "customers" to somewhere like
barclays.security-update.co.uk - which might look slightly more plausible

In message <20240420160511.3595a2199ecd66ae26d03cd6@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes
>On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:03:15 +0100
>Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:
>
>> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
>> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>>
>> <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>
>
> I have never understood why organisations get multiple domains
>instead of using subdomains apart from protection like when Yahoo! found a
>need to register in Cameroon because someone was squatting on yahoo.cm
>catching typos.
>

Apart from preventing cyber squatting, it seems odd, and on occasions
(such as this) distinctly unhelpful. By all means get the domains, but
just sit on them.

Hmm, spill chucker suggested caber instead of cyber. OK if it is lying
down I suppose.

Adrian
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:43:10 +0100
Abandoned Trolley <fred@fred-smith.co.uk> wrote:

> If I was going in to that sort of business, I would simply buy a domain
> something like "security-update.co.uk" (thats a real domain which is
> for sale right now)
>
> Then I could direct "customers" to somewhere like
> barclays.security-update.co.uk - which might look slightly more plausible

That would probably catch quite a phew phish.

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Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope

Itsnot just them, I xsuspe t its all out sousdc. These folk have no clue.
Brian

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"Tease'n'Seize" <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in message
news:A4-dnb6ZVPlY6777nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...
> Clearly there are many scam attempts along the lines of receiving a text
> message saying you need to pay some extra amount to have your parcel
> delivered.
>
> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>
> <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>
>
> which make them look *more* like the scams?
>
>

got to get tbird working this old laptop keyboard is driving me mad Brian

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"Brian Gaff" <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:v034i9$aqvu$1@dont-email.me...
> Itsnot just them, I xsuspe t its all out sousdc. These folk have no clue.
> Brian
>
> --
> --
> Brians gmail account
> "Tease'n'Seize" <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote in message
> news:A4-dnb6ZVPlY6777nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...
>> Clearly there are many scam attempts along the lines of receiving a text
>> message saying you need to pay some extra amount to have your parcel
>> delivered.
>>
>> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
>> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>>
>> <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>
>>
>> which make them look *more* like the scams?
>>
>>
>
>

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:47:55 +0100
Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:

> Apart from preventing cyber squatting, it seems odd, and on occasions
> (such as this) distinctly unhelpful. By all means get the domains, but
> just sit on them.
>
> Hmm, spill chucker suggested caber instead of cyber. OK if it is lying
> down I suppose.

It's like pole squatting with added motion.

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Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
For forms of government let fools contest
Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope

In message <20240421210718.e5571c060e8d745ef276d1cb@eircom.net>, Ahem A
Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes
>On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:47:55 +0100
>Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:
>
>> Apart from preventing cyber squatting, it seems odd, and on occasions
>> (such as this) distinctly unhelpful. By all means get the domains, but
>> just sit on them.
>>
>> Hmm, spill chucker suggested caber instead of cyber. OK if it is lying
>> down I suppose.
>
> It's like pole squatting with added motion.
>

I don't see it ending well.

Adrian
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In article <Vg3ljEHrO+ImFwDW@ku.gro.lloiff>, Adrian
<bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> on Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 16:47:55 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>In message <20240420160511.3595a2199ecd66ae26d03cd6@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes
>>On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:03:15 +0100
>>Tease'n'Seize <tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
>>> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>>>
>>> <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>
>>
>> I have never understood why organisations get multiple domains
>>instead of using subdomains apart from protection like when Yahoo! found a
>>need to register in Cameroon because someone was squatting on yahoo.cm
>>catching typos.
>>
>
>Apart from preventing cyber squatting, it seems odd, and on occasions
>(such as this) distinctly unhelpful. By all means get the domains, but
>just sit on them.
>
>Hmm, spill chucker suggested caber instead of cyber. OK if it is lying
>down I suppose.
>
Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
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In article <c6CERIIh9XJmFw6B@ku.gro.lloiff>, Adrian
<bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> on Sun, 21 Apr 2024 at 22:04:33 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>In message <20240421210718.e5571c060e8d745ef276d1cb@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes
>>On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:47:55 +0100
>>Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:
>>
>>> Apart from preventing cyber squatting, it seems odd, and on occasions
>>> (such as this) distinctly unhelpful. By all means get the domains, but
>>> just sit on them.
>>>
>>> Hmm, spill chucker suggested caber instead of cyber. OK if it is lying
>>> down I suppose.
>>
>> It's like pole squatting with added motion.
>>
>
>I don't see it ending well.
>
I dunno, Simon lived for 37 years on top of it, if you can believe that!
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:

> In article <Vg3ljEHrO+ImFwDW@ku.gro.lloiff>, Adrian
> <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> on Sat, 20 Apr 2024 at 16:47:55 awoke Nicholas
> from his slumbers and wrote
>>In message <20240420160511.3595a2199ecd66ae26d03cd6@eircom.net>, Ahem A
>>Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> writes
>>>On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:03:15 +0100 Tease'n'Seize
>>><tease-and-seize@invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> So why, oh why, if you had a well known domain such as royalmail.com
>>>> would you send genuine delivery messages using a link like
>>>>
>>>> <https://ryml.me/?somehorriduniqueid>
>>>
>>> I have never understood why organisations get multiple domains
>>>instead of using subdomains apart from protection like when Yahoo!
>>>found a need to register in Cameroon because someone was squatting on
>>>yahoo.cm catching typos.
>>>
>>>
>>Apart from preventing cyber squatting, it seems odd, and on occasions
>>(such as this) distinctly unhelpful. By all means get the domains, but
>>just sit on them.
>>
>>Hmm, spill chucker suggested caber instead of cyber. OK if it is lying
>>down I suppose.
>>
> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?

Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)

--
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On 22/04/2024 07:42, Simonj wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>

>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?

Close..
>
> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>

Not for tossing the caber, but he was champion shot putter at a few
Highland games. He was found to be the World's strongest man a few times.

He also did very well at the Olympic games on a few occasions.

--
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John.

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:41 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

> On 22/04/2024 07:42, Simonj wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>
> Close..
>>
>> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>
>>
> Not for tossing the caber, but he was champion shot putter at a few
> Highland games. He was found to be the World's strongest man a few
> times.
>
> He also did very well at the Olympic games on a few occasions.

Ah, yes, funny how the mind stores these things, thank you for
clarifying :-)

--
Simon

RLU: 222126

John Williamson wrote:

> He was found to be the World's strongest man a few times

He used to live in a nearby village, he said
"I wasn't even the strongest person I knew of in Lincolnshire"

In article <v058t8$s3qk$1@dont-email.me>, Simonj <SimonJ@eu.invalid> on
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 08:59:20 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:41 +0100, John Williamson wrote:
>
>> On 22/04/2024 07:42, Simonj wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>>
>> Close..
>>>
>>> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>>
>>>
>> Not for tossing the caber, but he was champion shot putter at a few
>> Highland games. He was found to be the World's strongest man a few
>> times.
>>
>> He also did very well at the Olympic games on a few occasions.
>
>Ah, yes, funny how the mind stores these things, thank you for
>clarifying :-)
>
Geoff Copes (whoops) always reminds me of Mr Kipling (Reg) RN(Retd) from
the Steve Bell strip cartoon If...... I wonder how he (Reg) and his
Russian paramour are doing in Put in's Russia.
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>>>
>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>
>Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>

He does have his very own wiki page, after all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Capes

Perhaps you were reminded of 2008 - ?
" he assumed the role of president of the Budgerigar Society "
... not just anyone can say that !
John T.

On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:25:53 -0400, hubops wrote:

>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>>
>>Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>
>>
> He does have his very own wiki page, after all.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Capes
>
> Perhaps you were reminded of 2008 - ?
> " he assumed the role of president of the Budgerigar Society "
> .. not just anyone can say that !
> John T.

Wow, I am not sure why his name popped into my head, not really my sorts of
sport.

--
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RLU: 222126

In article <v05apo$sbjk$1@dont-email.me>, Simonj <SimonJ@eu.invalid> on
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 09:31:37 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:25:53 -0400, hubops wrote:
>
>
>>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>>>
>>>Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>>
>>>
>> He does have his very own wiki page, after all.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Capes
>>
>> Perhaps you were reminded of 2008 - ?
>> " he assumed the role of president of the Budgerigar Society "
>> .. not just anyone can say that !
>> John T.
>
>Wow, I am not sure why his name popped into my head, not really my sorts of
>sport.
>
He was/is also a bit of a TV personality.
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On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:57:22 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:

> In article <v05apo$sbjk$1@dont-email.me>, Simonj <SimonJ@eu.invalid> on
> Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 09:31:37 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>>On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:25:53 -0400, hubops wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>>>>
>>>>Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him?
>>>>:-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>> He does have his very own wiki page, after all.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Capes
>>>
>>> Perhaps you were reminded of 2008 - ?
>>> " he assumed the role of president of the Budgerigar Society "
>>> .. not just anyone can say that !
>>> John T.
>>
>>Wow, I am not sure why his name popped into my head, not really my sorts
>>of sport.
>>
> He was/is also a bit of a TV personality.

Ah, that may be it then, going on the wiki page he was most popular when I
was a kid.

--
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Nicholas D. Richards said:
> In article <v058t8$s3qk$1@dont-email.me>, Simonj <SimonJ@eu.invalid> on
>>On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 09:00:41 +0100, John Williamson wrote:
>>> On 22/04/2024 07:42, Simonj wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>>>
>>> Close..
>>>>
>>>> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>>>
>>> Not for tossing the caber, but he was champion shot putter at a few
>>> Highland games. He was found to be the World's strongest man a few
>>> times.
>>>
>>> He also did very well at the Olympic games on a few occasions.
>>
>>Ah, yes, funny how the mind stores these things, thank you for
>>clarifying :-)
>>
> Geoff Copes (whoops) always reminds me of Mr Kipling (Reg) RN(Retd) from
> the Steve Bell strip cartoon If...... I wonder how he (Reg) and his
> Russian paramour are doing in Put in's Russia.

I liked those.

Pyotr Leflegin's probably doing fine.

--
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"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem

My email address is at http://qualmograph.org.uk/contact.html

On 22-Apr-24 10:25, hubops@ccanoemail.com wrote:
>
>>>>
>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with pine trees?
>>
>> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>
>
> He does have his very own wiki page, after all.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Capes
>
> Perhaps you were reminded of 2008 - ?
> " he assumed the role of president of the Budgerigar Society "
> .. not just anyone can say that !

Interesting way of phrasing that.
I imagine that someone "assuming" a role just wanders in from the street
and starts to act like a (in this case) President of the Budgerigar
Society - without any tiresome process.

--
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On 22/04/2024 09:00, John Williamson wrote:
> On 22/04/2024 07:42, Simonj wrote:
>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>
>
>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with  pine trees?
>
> Close..
>>
>> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>
>
> Not for tossing the caber, but he was champion shot putter at a few
> Highland games. He was found to be the World's strongest man a few times.
>
> He also did very well at the Olympic games on a few occasions.

And, as something of a contrast, his hobby was breeding budgerigars.

On 2024-05-02, Mike Fleming wrote:
> On 22/04/2024 09:00, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 22/04/2024 07:42, Simonj wrote:
>>> On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:47:28 +0100, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>> Tossing the caber - javelin with  pine trees?
>>
>> Close..
>>>
>>> Why does the name Geoff Capes come to mind? Why did I remember him? :-)
>>>
>>
>> Not for tossing the caber, but he was champion shot putter at a few
>> Highland games. He was found to be the World's strongest man a few times.
>>
>> He also did very well at the Olympic games on a few occasions.
>
> And, as something of a contrast, his hobby was breeding budgerigars.

Well that is unexpected! :-)
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