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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: Stolen GPS units/ Police database - PCWORLD article
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Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:32 am Post subject:
Hmm, I'd be very wary for two reasons, that article is clearly written for the US and the domain is registered and hosted there and secondly there is already a UK website offering this service that is supported by UK Police Services. _________________ Darren Griffin
I would be extremely wary, you submit ALL your details, and with the few details they may have off of your laptop, bingo, they have the lot!![/b] _________________ Tomtom Go730T
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Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 9323 Location: Durham, UK
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:47 pm Post subject:
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On a dreary Monday morning you board the train into work with your laptop for the start of yet another long work week. As the train pulls into your station you sleepily stand up and dash out the door for the platform along with dozens of other commuters. But wait! You’re missing something. You forgot your laptop on the train! You rush back inside the train before the doors close and look frantically under your seat. But your briefcase with your laptop is nowhere to be found!
This rings a bell.....
I'm sure there is an almost exactly worded thread on here already from another one of these services....
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:55 pm Post subject:
Indeed it was, well spotted! The OP has posted the same text back in Oct with a link to a different article. Coincidence? I think not as well as a duplicate post to this in another forum.
I have now removed all the URLs in the OP's post in this and the other threads and moved one of the other posts to a quarantine area. The other has been locked
Timtom189, please desist from posting this info as clearly you are linked in some way, any further posts and I will lock your account. _________________ Darren Griffin
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