May 14, 2008
Email Scam Trying to Spoof IRS
You might find in your inbox an email from the IRS stating that their records indicate that "you are qualified to receive the 2008 Economic Stimulus Refund"... Well, DUH! Wasn't that the whole point of the Stimulus Package? But you know, this automatically raised flags the minute I saw the email in my inbox.
Just so you know what to look for, I checked the header information of the email and it originated from the Romania. When the IRS contracted/outsourced help from the Romania? This email was then processed by a server in the UK...
Received: from [81.144.221.34] (helo=threealbionplace.co.uk) by insmtp12
with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JwTYk-0007hP-J3; Thu, 15 May 2008 03:51:10 +0100
X-PMWin-Version: 3.0.1.0, Antivirus-Engine: 2.73.0, Antivirus-Data: 4.29E
Thread-Topic: 2008 Economic Stimulus Refund. [Scanned]
Received: from User ([193.227.227.37]) by threealbionplace.co.uk with
Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Thu, 15 May 2008 03:50:58 +0100
Later, in the body of the email, it states:
To access Economic Stimulus Refund, please click here :
http://210.11.88.209/_vti_rgl/www.irs.gov/0,,id=96596,00.html
That IP address (210.11.88.209) is owned and operated by the registry folks in Australia and running a Windows IIS Server Application.
UPDATE (2008-06-09):Thanks, Drew. Okay, so forward such phishing emails to phishing@irs.gov.
Posted by John Highway at 11:16 PM
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Categories: General Things to Know
May 11, 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV Patch 1.01
Those who (like me) are playing Rockstar's new game Grand Theft Auto IV and have a problem with the game freezing during the first cut-scenes when the internet connection to your PS3 is enabled (see http://www.highwayman.org/mt/highway/archives/000350.php), there is now a patch available for download on your PS3 when you first turn on the GTA IV game. It's a 18MB file.
With the patch now installed, the game loaded without freezing issues. Let's see if anything new develops.
To be continued...
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Posted by John Highway at 01:04 AM
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Categories: Game-Related Material
May 05, 2008
[Quick Fix] Grand Theft Auto VI Freezes on the PS3
If you haven't heard already, there are some owners of PS3's and XBox360 who have been experiencing problems when playing Grand Theft Auto VI, the newest and highly anticipated game from Rockstar. I, myself, have personally experienced the "freezing" within the first 5 minutes into the game... during the introduction cut-scene. The video suddenly stops but the conversation and music continues.
Deleting the game data and personal save data doesn't help the situation and only wastes your time.
The quick fix until Rockstar is able to come out with a quick patch to fix this problem is to disable the internet connection that you might have enabled on your PS3. I disabled the internet connection and game loads perfectly.
Posted by John Highway at 02:45 AM
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Categories: Game-Related Material