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Please spread the message. A recent phishing-like e-mail is going around and if users aren’t careful, their MSN account can be hacked! I recently received some e-mails on my MSN account which read:

Sender: xyz@hotmail.com (where xyz is in your MSN list)
Tittle: Somebody has blocked you on MSN messenger
Message:

 

You’re Blocked!

A contact has recommended you to enter in www.youareblocked.com.
The site allows you to find out who has blocked or deleted you from the MSN Messenger

This e-mail comes to your inbox, since you have been recommended by one of your contacts

When you click the link, it’ll bring you to a website that looked pretty decent and professional. But don’t be fooled by the site’s design to pass it off as a genuine site. To check for a blocked contact (xyz@hotmail.com), you have to enter your MSN e-mail and password. But wait.

Why would you need to do that? Never give away your credentials unless you are very sure that the site is not bogus. Google the site and the source where you get the link from. Look for security certificates. And what I meant by “very sure” is if ask yourself this question — Do I feel a sense of insecurity (even a lil) giving away my password to the site? If you feel even the slightest distrust, stop and close the site.

Spread the word. Do not be fooled by the e-mail. Searching the WWW showed that people who have signed in actually got their MSN account hacked (multiple sign-ins, etc). IF you had fallen prey to this scam, change your password IMMEDIATELY!

Question : ” What would you like to have ..Fruit juice, Soda, Tea, Chocolate, Milo, or Coffee?”

Answer: ” tea please “

Question : ” Ceylon tea, Herbal tea, Bush tea, Honey bush tea, Ice tea or green tea ?”

Answer : “Ceylon tea “

Question : “How would you like it ? Black or white ?”

Answer: “white”

Question: “Milk, Whitener, or Condensed milk ? “

Answer: “With milk “

Question: “Goat milk, Camel milk or cow milk”

Answer: “With cow milk please.

Question: ” Milk from Freeze land cow or Afrikaner cow?”

Answer: ” Um, I’ll take it black. “

Question: ” Would you like it with sweetener, sugar or honey? “

Answer: “With sugar”

Question: ” Beet sugar or cane sugar ?”

Answer: “Cane sugar “

Question:” White , brown or yellow sugar ?”

Answer: “Forget about tea just give me a glass of water instead.”

Question: “Mineral water or still water ? “

Answer: “Mineral water”

Question: “Flavored or non-flavored ?”

Answer: “I’ll rather die of thirst”

I think all of you know about Food Bank (http://www.foodbankmaldives.com).  We go to eat Pizza, Tandoori, Fried Rice…. It sounds a like a good restaurant… isn’t it? yeah, its a restaurant. But… visit their site and view the source code to find the META TAGS. They described as like a night club or a bar in the META TAGS. Look at the screen shot above..

The FALCON undersea cable disruption involved damage to at least five high-speed Internet submarine communications cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East from January 23 to February 4, 2008. Three of these disruptions were initially attributed by officials to accidents involving ship’s anchors; however, reviews of surveillance footage of the area by Egyptian authorities revealed no ships in the area.

Some have suggested something more sinister is afoot as the only two countries in the area not affected were Israel and Iraq  sparking conspiracy theories that are spreading through the Internet. Telecommunication companies fear more cable disruptions in the future. The incident has also called into doubt the safety of the Internet cable system. Others have said that cable cuts occur frequently, and the later outages are merely coincidence with no great effect on internet traffic.

Cables damaged

January 23

Although it was not reported at the time, there was a cut off FALCON on January 23. The FALCON cable system connects several countries in the Persian Gulf and India.

January 30

On January 30, 2008, news agencies reported Internet services were widely disrupted in the Middle East and in the Indian subcontinent following damage to the SEA-ME-WE 4 and FLAG Telecom cables in the Mediterranean Sea. The New York Times reported that the damage occurred to the two systems separately near Alexandria and Marseilles.

While the respective contributions of the two cable systems to this blackout is unclear, network outage graphs show anomalies at 0430 UTC and again at 0800 UTC. The cause of the damage to SEA-ME-WE 4 or FLAG has not been declared by either cable operator. A number of sources speculated these were caused by a dragging ship anchor near Alexandria. The Egyptian Maritime Transport Ministry reviewed one day of complete video footage beginning 12 hours before and through 12 hours after the service disruption, concluding the cause of damage was not surface craft as no ships were traced sailing through the area of the alleged wire damage. The Kuwaitis also do not directly charge sea-faring vessels, instead referring to “weather conditions and maritime traffic.”

February 1

Two days after the initial break, it was reported that the FALCON cable was cut between Muscat, Oman and Dubai, UAE. This cut was between different landing points than the January 23 cut, FLAG Telecom issued a press release later, stating the “FALCON cable is reported cut at 0559 hrs GMT on February 1, 2008. Location of cut is at 56 km from Dubai, UAE on segment between UAE and Oman.”

February 3

On February 3, 2008, Qtel reported that a cable called DOHA-HALOUL connecting Qatar to the United Arab Emirates had been damaged, causing disruptions in already damaged Middle Eastern communication networks. It became the fourth cable to be damaged in 5 days. The location of the break is between the Qatari island of Haloul and the UAE island of Das. The problem is said to be related to the power system.

February 4

On February 4, 2008 the Khaleej Times reported that SEA-ME-WE 4 had also been damaged at another location, near Penang, Malaysia. The date of this damage was not given.

 from wikipedia