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The Hello and Introduction postings
« on: February 06, 2011, 10:13:03 AM »
Please be advised that according to the Cyber Crimes section of the Cleveland Ohio FBI Office (the head of the department was guest speaker at a professional society meeting I attended) "hello" or "introduction" type postings that show up on a site between 5 PM and 5AM Eastern time are usually "pfhishing expeditions" from hakers and other nasties.  The office has noted that a sizeable portion of these postings originate (as best as they can trace) to Russia and Ukraine moreso than China or North Koren.  Their belief is that if you read a "hello" type message there is a cookie imbedded that can give the sender information on the computer reading the post. 

My suggestion is that all such postings be removed and blocked in future.

Jack Mueller
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Kaiser-Frazer Owners Club International