EEVblog Impersonation SCAM! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 05, 2020, 11:40:07 pm
content: WARNING!Someone is using a fake email address pretending to be me, to contact companies to elicit confidential technical information from them.This is NOT my email address or email footer.They got away with this and the company sent the confidential technical info requested. I only found out because the company copied my normal email address into the correspondence.Rather clever actually.

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 05, 2020, 11:49:00 pm
content: In the olden days, they used to put criminals' heads on spikes along the Tower Bridge in London, to discourage crime...

author: chickenHeadKnob
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 02:06:00 am
content: You may be reluctant to share more I can understand, but I remain curious. Was this phishing trying to get information typically sought by nation state actors or more commercial in nature?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 02:07:50 am
content: Quote from: chickenHeadKnob on February 06, 2020, 02:06:00 amnot nation state level!

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 03:02:15 am
content: Schematics for the new Australian submarines. For some reason all of the electrical diagrams look like organisational charts.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 03:22:09 am
content: Does anyone know of any solution for securely signing emails automatically from within gmail?(No, I'm not going to ditch gmail and use PGP or some other email client)

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 04:48:37 am
content: best I can think of is a VBS script or something that will put it on your copy-paste after clicking from start menu or quick start on a windows (or linux if a script can do it). So you can click a signature icon and paste. Also may be possible to put it in the browser, but I think you would need to paste. Unless you can use a hotkey macro for a shift combo to paste it in, but that might be annoying to setupperhaps someone can make a browser plugin? Can a VBS script on windows take copied text, put it into a processing program and replace the memory with a key?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 05:10:21 am
content: Quote from: coppercone2 on February 06, 2020, 04:48:37 amPut what in my email? A unique key?The way I figure something like this would work is that in the footer of my email there is a unique key generated with each email that is tied to my private key. The recipient then has the option to check that code against my private key held on some secure website somewhere. Does such a thing exist?Doesn't of course stop someone from ding exactly what they do in this case, as every recipient would have to know that I always include a verification key in the email footer for example.

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 05:52:50 am
content: I thought thats what a PGP thing was? I thought you have private seed that makes a public thing that links to some modified seed available for everyone, which you would have on your websiteI just meant you make a VBS script to open the gen program, put the gen on your copy paste, and paste it (and possibly use the email contents in addition to your private seed).. so you only need to hit one button to get something you can CTRL-V.. I was thinking it could be on the quick-launch bar so its always on the screennot sure what is the easiest most available one that has a app or web applet.. then someone would need to paste your message signature and your public key into a application to see if they correlateyou could.. put a verification program on your website (is this message from dave jones?), so people don't need to find your public key every timeproblem with all of this is that most bozos that use NDA to hide things.. are probably gonna take it at face value and not check itYou might actually increase security if you keep your public key private and make your website verify the key. Not sure though. That way they can only submit a key and see if it unlocks. Maybe some algorithms are better then others for this, but I have NO idea if its considered security through obscurity or if it makes it mathematically more difficult, or how to reverse engineer a pubic key from a signature or if you can 'hash' your plaintext to make a unqiue signature (i.e. like add MD5 to it).Just thinking about it in terms of analogies, one is some kinda thing included in a cereal box with a bunch of mathematicians, the other is sliding a message under a door and seeing if it opens.... you could randomly change the decryption machinery etc if you have no public key and use your website and signatures only. Might piss someone off lol. Does give incentive to hack your website though, since it would be a curiosity to see what the hell you are doing. But I think you could essentially use a uncrackable one time pad if you did it yourself. And it could not blog down servers, since it would just be comparing plain text to shit on a list very fast (so catchpa)

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 07:48:09 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 03:22:09 amThe fundamental problem with signatures is that somebody has to check them. Don't ask how to create one in gmail (you probably can't anyway), ask how to create one which will be verified by every mail client that your collaborators might be usingThis wouldn't have happened if those people verified as much as the address they are responding to.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 08:15:36 am
content: Dave, I know you have a number of email addresses, but do you think it's perhaps time you use something like Google G Suite and have email connected to your own domain?You're talking $8.40 per month for a single user and with that, you can have up to 30 aliases. For example, you might have djones@eevblog as your user, but then have aliases such as info@eevblog, store@eevblog, etc... You can even "send as" your aliases if you like and all email just gets delivered into your primary inbox.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 08:21:43 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on February 06, 2020, 08:15:36 amThat would not help at all in this case.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 08:41:39 am
content: Quote from: PA0PBZ on February 06, 2020, 08:21:43 amAbsolutely it would. Anyone can sign up for an @gmail.com address that looks half-way genuine. Only Dave can use an @eevblog.com email address.It gives credibility to those with their own domain/business.

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 08:55:59 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on February 06, 2020, 08:41:39 amAgreed. But it is still up to the recipient to verify whether an e-mail is legit or not.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 09:10:48 am
content: Quote from: Halcyon on February 06, 2020, 08:15:36 amI humbly proposedave@eevblog.comhttps://www.eevblog.com/about/contact/

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 09:29:28 am
content: Hello Company,Dave from EEVblog, here.From now on, please send any oscilloscope dumpster to RoGeorge. PM for the exact address.Thank you!Sincerely, Dave (not RoGeorge)EEVblog - Sydney, AustraliaContact:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/pm/?sa=send;u=112927

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 10:25:20 am
content: The email is actually from you; you have just discovered that you are a clone.... One of many Dave Jones roaming the dumpster rooms of the planet.PSWhat was the info? Candid photos of the insides of spectrum analysers with their back panels removed?

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 10:36:20 am
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on February 06, 2020, 10:25:20 amThat was exactly my first thought, too, but slightly different:Great movie. Almost any line in it is quotable.

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 10:51:15 am
content: Right. First step of solution - avoid @aol, @google, @whatever for "official business" by any means.All mailboxeshave to be on company domain only. Current situation allows very simple phishing attacks. Next time it can be goods or money redirection.

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:04:44 am
content: I'm curious. What kind of information constitutes being tagged and treated as "confidential", but is nevertheless OK to send by email to a guy with a Youtube channel just because "he" asks for it out of the blue?

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:14:07 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 05:10:21 amI quite like the idea. You wouldn't actually need any private/public key; it would be more like a one-time pad: Generate a unique ID for each message and embed it in a link which you include in the message, in plain text. When the user clicks that link, the get directed to a web page (which would, of course, need to be on your domain, as a proof of authenticity), which displays some confirming bits of information to the recipient. Like "Yes, this is a genuine message from Dave, sent on ... at ... time to ... recipient".The real authentication and security lies in the fact that your server is protected from 3rd party access, and that information coming from your server/domain can be clearly linked to you.But as you say -- the weak spot is that recipients who don't even know of the existence of this scheme would still fall for phishing emails which don't include it.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:26:52 am
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on February 06, 2020, 11:04:44 amBasically it comes down to personal and business trust. Trust without a contract/NDA etc like this is done all the time in the industry.Legally it's called Commercial-in-Confidence, and is commonly marked on company documents, even resume's etc.Although whether or not the actual material is marked as such and how that stands legally is up to a judge to decide.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:28:02 am
content: UPDATE!Because people are inherently stupid (and my middle name is Sherlock Ohms), it didn't take me long to discover who impersonated me!I have their real gmail address, now what ever shall I do...I'm willing to bet it's a crime in the state of Illinois.

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:35:18 am
content: Send them a glitter/stink bomb!

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:36:49 am
content: IS your email @ eevblog.com or @ gmail.com ?You should be able to use gmail with your own domain.Personally, I use fastmail.com with the 5$ a month subscription and tied that to a domain I bought, so I have several aliases ex marius@ my domain .com going to a single account.fastmail as far as i know was launched by the people that made Opera, and works fine for me.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:37:22 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 11:28:02 amHow is that even possible?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:57:04 am
content: Quote from: mariush on February 06, 2020, 11:36:49 amI use @eevblog.com for almost everything.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:57:53 am
content: Quote from: magic on February 06, 2020, 11:37:22 amBecause I'm good

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 12:45:48 pm
content: And I'm now watching in real time as he tries to erase the evidence trail

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 12:49:37 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 11:57:04 amBut there still is an "eevblog@gmail.com" address, right? Shows up in various contexts in a web search, including the registration data of eevblog.com.So the impersonator's choice of email address was not totally absurd. They got that part right -- but apparently not much more...

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 12:58:56 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on February 06, 2020, 12:49:37 pmYes, that address is certainly no secret, but it's not the one that most companies would have seen me use in correspondence with them.And yep, they didn't cover their tracks very well, I even have photo evidence now that ties them to it.It's rather hilarious, I sent them an email and what do you know, an hour later they are trying to cover their tracks, all captured and documented of course

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 01:08:43 pm
content: Do the police or other authorities in Australia actually do anything about these kinds of crimes? Even if the evidence is served on a silver platter?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 01:12:51 pm
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on February 06, 2020, 01:08:43 pmWhen it involves someone overseas on the internet, nah. It would be a job for the Illinois police.

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 04:44:20 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 01:12:51 pmHave you reported the details to the IL police?Though I'd be shocked if they actually do anything at all.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 04:47:50 pm
content: Dave you need to contact PBS space time, this must be proof of a multiverse and what you have here is bleed through on the internets.

author: nigelwright7557
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 06:14:47 pm
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on February 05, 2020, 11:49:00 pmThen later they just sent them to Oz !

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 07:06:01 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 11:28:02 amEmail Bomber (auto-spam subscriber)

author: andy3055
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 07:06:50 pm
content: Dave,If it is someone in Illinois, please check this link. I believe you can lodge a complaint.http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/consumers/index.html

author: dr.diesel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 07:30:14 pm
content: Quote from: andy3055 on February 06, 2020, 07:06:50 pmI live in South West Indiana if that doesn't work,

author: fcb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 07:45:40 pm
content: So do they work for a potential competitor of XXX? Would their employer have sanctioned their charade?Does the infomation they requested give them a financial advantage? Or is just someone pissed they can't get the schematics of a 15year old boat-anchor?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 10:21:20 pm
content: I heard from the impersonator!You guessed it, the classic defenseQuoteSo funny. I can literally see him trying to delete photo evidence that ties him directly to it an hour after I sent him an email

author: andy3055
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 10:57:43 pm
content: There is a saying that the woodpecker learns its lesson when it pecks the banana tree!

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 06, 2020, 11:03:17 pm
content: Was this one of those trolls thats been following you for years or you've banned from this forum?I would do the same thing as in the glitter video, sign them up for scientology books and some flagrant post cards.

author: rhodges
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2020, 12:20:42 am
content: QuoteBuy a subscription to a sleeazy porn magazine ("alternative?") with his name, but his address has a typo and it "accidentally" goes to his neighbor's address.

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2020, 03:09:35 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 11:57:53 amFIGJAM!

author: Ed.Kloonk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2020, 03:20:42 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 10:21:20 pmSend him to Joliet where he can hang out with with Jake and Elwood.It wasn't my fault..

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 07, 2020, 04:16:22 am
content: Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on February 07, 2020, 03:20:42 amNAILED IT!!

author: Wollvieh
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 01:54:35 pm
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on February 06, 2020, 11:04:44 amMaybe some redneck trying to get the schematics for his barbed wire fence. As the manufacturer insisted on "it's just wire, it won't give you shocks like in that video from that crazy aussie bloke."

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 03:02:42 pm
content: I used to easily track down certain scumbags, and my 1st port of call was the particularserver/host/admin with the details. Unfortunately, 99% of them couldn't give a shit, andNEVER respond! So NOW, be-it illegal or not, I will just utterly BOMB them with 500,000responses from an untraceable source/software. Illegal?? PPHHTT!!!! Fuck them!!!Even major Banking Scammers etc etc... I would report the 'underlying' scums 'details' downto specific 'individuals' from a particular 'university' Server, but NO-ONE EVER replied to me,even when reporting to various highest level system administrators/companies etc...

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 05:23:22 pm
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on February 08, 2020, 03:02:42 pmUntil somebody "important" gets hit by a scammer, it will not receive any priority whatsoever from the "official world".

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 06:28:01 pm
content: Quote from: AndyC_772 on February 06, 2020, 11:04:44 amrealistically unless its considered a military/state secret, its at the discretion of sales guys. There might be company bi-laws but they can probably be violated without repercussion if it looks like it will make business relationships. No actual engineer wants secrets because its always better to have analysis and technological developments, when you share information you get applications information and possibly design improvements. The more people know about something the more likely it is to be developed and more creativity is applied to a problem. If you get a creative sales application from someone, you can probably sell more product since the person that made the NDA has capital costs down.Or R&D costs go down when someone makes an improvement. It's like having another engineer on your team for FREE when there is no secret.On the other hand, letting people know exact missile range or radar cross sections is a bad thing.It would make sense to let Dave Jones know about a NDA because he is good at applications, is an active product developer (i.e. he sells test equipment he designed).. its not like he has a chip fab ready to pump silicon.. more like you might get some sales with parts inside of a gadget he designed. It might make a gadget sale possible if anything. Say you have a new isolation amplifier that he might make a ver 2.0 of the isolation probe with improved specifications. It's esoteric technicians tools...

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 06:53:48 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 01:12:51 pmcould even be a FBI crime, possibly. Say it has ties to chinese industrial espionage..

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 10:08:27 pm
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on February 06, 2020, 01:08:43 pmGenerally no. The time and effort involved would outweigh the end result. It's really not that important. Perhaps if it was more serious or there was significant loss to a company, then maybe.Coordinating between international law enforcement agencies isn't a simple task and is generally reserved for serious matters.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 11:17:35 pm
content: In my opinion, the proper response here is to let the swindled company know exactly who swindled them, and let them decide if they care.If someone does it twice (I mean as in at least two separate scams where they impersonate you), then outing them publicly is warranted, IMO.

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 08, 2020, 11:54:34 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 01:12:51 pmGammel, you’re busted

author: Nusa
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 12:33:53 am
content: Quote from: GlennSprigg on February 08, 2020, 03:02:42 pmYour victim might not have even have noticed such a obvious retaliation, unless they looked in their spam folder. Gmail hosts are actually GOOD at detecting and removing spam mail from view. That's actually the number one reason I use it myself. The number two reason is that it's an email address it isn't going away almost overnight if I have to move to a different ISP (learned that one the hard way, sadly).

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 01:41:27 am
content: Quote from: Nusa on February 09, 2020, 12:33:53 amEmail bombers are nasty (look up list linking). They can spam you with anything and everything, they find anywhere they can input an email and sign you up. Even if Google filtered 90% of it, your email would still be destroyed.

author: Nominal Animal
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 04:18:34 am
content: Using spam to retaliate is a bad weapon, because it helps the spammers.The help spammers actually need, in my opinion, is a bullet to the head. Don't be a spammer.

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 05:22:21 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 01:12:51 pmIt sounds like a job for this mob.When it comes to liar pants on fire nobody can surpass the questionable methods and antics employed by Metro State. Also, check out the other videos on Real World Police, the comments sections are just hilarious. A warning, the video linked below contains strong language and disturbing behaviour.

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 08:11:48 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 06, 2020, 03:22:09 amEven if you send mails from your own domain @eevblog.com, where you could set provisions like SPF, DKIM, DMARC which essentially announce to the world of mail servers (at least those that care to check) that the only legit mails from Dave are sent from some specific email servers, it would still not cover phishing attempts like this one where the recipient doesn't know (and has no wish to spend time to verify) whether an email from some Dave Jones @gmail/@yahoo/@hotmail is from the trusted person they know.And this situation is further aggravated by some email clients (especially those popular in the corporate world...) that try to be 'user friendly' and hide the full email address.

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 08:37:41 am
content: Quote from: bitwelder on February 09, 2020, 08:11:48 amCurrently anyone can create "misspelled" e-mail accounts like eevblog.business@gmail.com, eevblog_business@gmail.com, eevblog-business@gmail.com and so on - to trick even those who knows. I would miss to notice "+" versus "." difference, however it is much harder to mistake @google.com with @eevblog.com.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 10:07:41 am
content: Quote from: ogden on February 09, 2020, 08:37:41 amWhen you send an email to eevblog@gmail.com or eevblog+business@gmail.com etc then you get a reply from dave@eevblog.com, I almost never send email from eevblog@gmail.com.

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 10:16:48 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 09, 2020, 10:07:41 amAre you sure every business partner knows that and are careful enough to suspect something fishy when he receives email from business.eevblog@gmail.com? How about misspelling like this: eevbIog@gmail.com ? What I am telling here: @gmail.com for business is not that good idea and it does not look reputable move as well.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 10:23:22 am
content: Quote from: ogden on February 09, 2020, 10:16:48 amIt's essentially not my problem, it'stheirproblem. One issue in over a decade is not cause to notify countless companies about.As I said, I do NOT send business email from @gmail.com, it comes from @eevblog.com

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 10:48:35 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 09, 2020, 10:23:22 amIt is not only about issues. It is about looking cheap with google mailbox. Potential business partners who look your contacts page do not see big disclaimer "I write emails only from dave@eevblog.com, yet by business mailbox is my @gmail.com account. Be careful if you receive e-mails coming seemingly from my business account". That is brain**ck - send email to one address and expect reply from another e-mail domain(!). Whatever. It is face & security of your business, not mine. Peace.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 06:10:36 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 09, 2020, 10:23:22 amDidn‘t I just read in some other thread here, about someone’s difficulties registering or logging in on the forum, that they received an email from “eevblog.official@gmail.com”? Was that a fake?

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 06:18:52 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on February 09, 2020, 06:10:36 pmThis post:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/so-my-eevblog-store-order-is-apparently-lost-in-transit-how-do-i-contact-dave/msg1603756/#msg1603756

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 07:06:36 pm
content: No, actually I was referring to this one:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/forum-registration-issues/And this page gives plenty of official @gmail.com addresses for Dave and EEVblog:https://www.eevblog.com/about/contact/

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 11:34:38 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on February 09, 2020, 07:06:36 pmAgain, and for the last time, that's for sending emailto me.When you get a reply it will come from @eevblog.com

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 11:38:55 pm
content: Quote from: ogden on February 09, 2020, 10:48:35 amYou summed it up nicely, "whatever".Care factor zero about "looking cheap".

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2020, 11:48:44 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 09, 2020, 11:34:38 pmFor the last time: if you would use (as every other business) your domain @eevblog.com for *all* mailboxes, this thread would not even exist. Happily for you this incident was not about your documents, goods ormoney going wrong way. Next time could be different. Just saying.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 12:00:32 am
content: Quote from: SilverSolder on February 05, 2020, 11:49:00 pmIt unfortunately didn't work for shit.

author: SilverSolder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 12:20:07 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on February 10, 2020, 12:00:32 amAbsolutely true, but it just feeeeels soooo gooood!!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 04:19:36 am
content: Quote from: ogden on February 09, 2020, 11:48:44 pmRubbish.The company in question haveneverhad an email from @gmail.com from me. I doubt they even know I have a gmail address.They just didn't verify the email address, they would have fallen for it anyway regardless of whether it was @gmail @hotmail or a fake @eevbl0g.com

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 06:29:03 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 09, 2020, 11:34:38 pmSure. And that's clear as mud to anyone who might want to check the viability of the sender address of an email which claims to come from you.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 06:47:08 am
content: Quote from: ebastler on February 10, 2020, 06:29:03 amThey are all listed on my damn website in the Contact page, as well as being blatantly obvious to even Stevie Wonder that @eevblog.com is my official website.It's extremely common practice for people to have multiple domain emails these days, and anyone with any modicum of intelligence knows this.

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 07:00:14 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 10, 2020, 06:47:08 amNot sure why you feel the need to face-palm me and question my intelligence. I don't think I have insulted you in any similar way.It was you who got excited about the impersonation scam (understandably so), and there is no doubt that your generous use of generic gmail addresses does not help to provide clarity to email recipients. Frankly, I don't understand why you don't transition to "@eevblog.com" addresses throughout. They provide a "seal of authenticity", and help your brand.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 07:38:52 am
content: Quote from: ebastler on February 10, 2020, 07:00:14 amBecause you keep harping on about it, as if it's I'm doomed if I don't use only my own eevblog.com domain.QuoteHere you go again...I could, but I won't, just to annoy some people

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 08:14:21 am
content: Perhaps they wouldn't have fallen for @hotmail because @gmail is more popular and raises fewer eyebrows.But here's the problem: you can use your own email all day long and unless you become a world famous gmail hater, people will still assume that name@gmail is yours. And even if you are a gmail hater not everybody will know about it.I have a name@gmail account which sometimes receives other people's mail because somebody sends it to name@gmail instead of name@somethingelse

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 09:33:16 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 10, 2020, 07:38:52 amMost likely you will entertain them instead.p.s. Seems like my previous post "just disappeared". Fun!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 11:49:22 am
content: Quote from: ogden on February 10, 2020, 09:33:16 am

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 11:51:32 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 10, 2020, 11:49:22 amThat guy is showing too many fingers.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 01:24:59 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on February 10, 2020, 11:51:32 amThat guy is Doug Henning, THE 70's hippy magician. He shows precisely the number of fingers intended.

author: ogden
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 10, 2020, 01:35:44 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on February 10, 2020, 01:24:59 pmWYSIWYGThank you and your mods for excellent job here. Many forums can learn from EEVblog. I truly mean it.

author: GlennSprigg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 11, 2020, 01:10:43 pm
content: I 'Thought' I had a bad day, for 127 reasons beyond my current control...However, I feel a lot better now!!Seinfeld once said..."Laughter is like a small island of relief, amongst all the things in life, thatwe just don't want to know about!"...So I find humor in the little things, in the short time I have left!!

author: jake111
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 13, 2020, 03:12:52 am
content: Let's face it, if the company didn't verify the email address and the content wasn't covered under a signed NDA then it wasn't very "secret"... Just saying