A Crummy Commercial

About a week ago (March 11, 2024 after 2PM) Gmail finally forced me to use the latest online version, here's my previous blog on Gmail: https://wb9kzy.blogspot.com/2023/11/when-internet-changes-its-usually-for.html Latest Gmail ? Yuck.  For one thing, it is slower: interstitial screens = slower   On Monday, March 18 2024 it got even worse.  I had an email in the inbox that appeared to be phishing scam.  One of these "we couldn't deliver your parcel" types.  So I tried looking on the latest Gmail for a way to view the email source without actually opening the email. Nope, Gmail opened the email for me, not only that, it also opened the link in the email in a new window. Thanks a lot latest Gmail. I'm not sure if it is actually a phishing scam but I did report it since it was a .nl site and a .fr email address, ( I don't live in the Netherlands OR send parcels to the Netherlands, same with France), should have reported Phishing immediately without trying to look...

 In 2016 I was dumb enough to send this reply to an email: And I bet I never get in trouble for divulging the "confidential" email After sending it I did an internet search and sure enough, it's a scam.  And per this blog posting the scam persists: https://domaingang.com/domain-crime/china-registry-scam-continues-to-pester-domain-holders-for-fake-trademark-applications/ Strangely no one ever registered any .CN domains with WB9KZY in them - that would have cost THEM money :) In a way this scam is an appeal to vanity, the idea that someone would try to get the Chinese version of your domain name makes you feel it's valuable enough to steal, usually scam emails appeal to greed only. Best Regards, Chuck, WB9KZY http://wb9kzy.com/ham.htm