Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Mar 18 23:58:52 CDT 2010
Micheal: This happens all the time with sites like Craig's list. There has happened so many time people scammed that banks will not even back cheques any more. Only deal with cash... Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael Maddison Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 3:55 PM To: Discussion concerning Visual Basic and related programming issues. Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Goin' for the (browser based) gold Going OT but I gotta share :-) I had some clown in the UK try a over pay scam on my wife last week. We advertised a scooter on a commercial web site here in OZ. Guy strings us along then claims to have overpaid into PayPal account and wants the difference sent back via Western Union to the UK! Who would do that??? I strung him along for a while saying we get so many transactions it's hard to see his payment :-) He tried to threaten me with the FRAUD POLICE. Lol... The web site I advertised sent me a form letter when I reported the incident warning me to be careful of fraud. Wtf? I so wanted to forge a WU transfer just to make him/her go and try to collect but decided it was too much effort. Cheers Michael M I would think you would WANT to keep that 14 year old trying to brute force your PW. It keeps him from more profitable stuff like "you have won the hong kong lottery" scams. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Doug Steele wrote: > Hi Jim: > > I have been using a Filezilla server for some time to transfer data from > clients. The one annoying problem I have is that I'll look at the server > screen in the morning, and some 14 year old in China has been trying to > brute force the password all night, getting kicked off on every third wrong > guess then logging right back in. I've never had a successful break in, but > it's annoying - do you have a solution for this? I can't limit the incoming > ip range as the server is picking up data from client computers which can be > all over the place. > > Thanks, > Doug > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Gustav: >> >> Why not try FileZila...many of my clients use this package because it is so >> secure. (http://filezilla-project.org) >> >> Jim >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-VB mailing list > dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-VB mailing list dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb http://www.databaseadvisors.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2749 - Release Date: 03/18/10 06:33:00 _______________________________________________ dba-VB mailing list dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb http://www.databaseadvisors.com