many come here wanting to learn how to forge email. its sometimes fun but can be very dangerous.
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/21.89.html#subj9
The Strasbourg newspaper "Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace" reports (in French)
an interesting case of e-mail forgery. The exact circumstances are not yet
clear, but it appears that: - An e-mail was sent from the account of the mayor, telling members of a
city commission to vote in favour of a plan to extend a local hypermarket.
The official, public policy of the city council and the mayor is to oppose
this extension.
- The mail to one member of the commission bounced, because the recipient's
name was incorrectly spelled.
- An assistant to mayor Fabienne Keller, who has access to her mailbox,
noticed the "undeliverable" reply and determined that the mail had been sent
at a time when the mayor could not have sent it.
- The general manager of the hypermarket is under police investigation for
illegal entry into a computer system, forgery, use of forged documents, and
attempted fraud. Original texts in French for those interested: > http://www.dna.fr/cgi/dna/motk/idxli...200201&num=180
> 41610&m1=keller&m2=mairie&m3=
http://www.dna.fr/cgi/dna/motk/idxli...0201&num=19049
910&m1=keller&m2=mairie&m3=
I suppose the RISK is that if you're going to pretend to be someone else,
make sure you can spell !
