IP: Risks of bogus e-mail addresses "FROM: ObL": [risks] Risks Digest 21.68

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:11:16 -0400
> From: Peter Wayner <pcw () flyzone com>
> Subject: Risks of bogus e-mail addresses "FROM: ObL"
>
> Sincerely yours, *Not* Osama bin Laden?
>
> A Filipino in Belgium ended up in jail after *receiving* a joke e-mail
> seemingly from Osama bin Laden (but apparently from one of his friends),
> asking to "stay with you for a couple of days."  The man was freed only
> after a Catholic priest vouched for him as a regular attendee each Sunday.
> [http://www.vnunet.com/News/1125822]
>
>   Ah, there's nothing like putting faith in identity, keyword scanning
>   surveillance, and data stored in computers.



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