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agabbycabbie
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:04 pm 
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The following was sent to me recently:
Did you know that recent government legislation changing the freedom of information acts gives you access to speed camera offences registered within the last 12 months and placed on a accessible website.

Did you know that everytime you go even a mile or so over the speed limit, it is registered and placed on the database.

They only send a ticket if you are way over or (and heres the rub )

If you receive over 20 near misses") You can now check how many you have via your vehicles registration number

Check this page [Link removed by TDO]

It will ask you for a password/`link and you`ll be given one in a pop up window.

In the top right hand corner there is a `click on` window and it even shows the picture taken by the camera...i have tried it but without success...at the moment but i will keep trying
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:47 pm 
Jesus how old is that??
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JD
PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:50 pm 
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agabbycabbie wrote:
The following was sent to me recently:
Did you know that recent government legislation changing the freedom of information acts gives you access to speed camera offences registered within the last 12 months and placed on a accessible website.

Did you know that everytime you go even a mile or so over the speed limit, it is registered and placed on the database.

They only send a ticket if you are way over or (and heres the rub )

If you receive over 20 near misses") You can now check how many you have via your vehicles registration number

Check this page : http:/ www.e-database.co.uk
It will ask you for a password/`link and you`ll be given one in a pop up window.

In the top right hand corner there is a `click on` window and it even shows the picture taken by the camera...i have tried it but without success...at the moment but i will keep trying


The reason why you can't get any response Cabby is because its a scam. I would check your pc for spyware or trojans just in case you clicked on something you shouldn't.

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JD
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TDO
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:31 pm 
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Since this looks like a scam the link has been removed, but the post has been left up in case readers see it elsewhere and don't realise it's a scam.

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scam my eye its a joke you probably wouldnt know a scam if it jumped out your screen and smacked you in the nose
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:00 pm 
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TDO wrote:
Since this looks like a scam the link has been removed, but the post has been left up in case readers see it elsewhere and don't realise it's a scam.

Spot the deliberate mistake. :-$

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I give up!

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agabbycabbie wrote:
scam my eye its a joke you probably wouldnt know a scam if it jumped out your screen and smacked you in the nose


Well the message was such an obvious pile of cack that I didn't even bother looking at the link, but since JD said it might be a scam I took his work for it.

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you hackney lot need a sense of humour transplant
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agabbycabbie wrote:
scam my eye its a joke you probably wouldnt know a scam if it jumped out your screen and smacked you in the nose


The comment of a scam was made in good faith after researching the website's credentials. I wasn't aware it was a joke but on the other hand what is sometimes portrayed on the internet as a joke, is more often than not designed to either harvest information, install spyware or something even more sinister.

I think its best to forewarn subscribers of a potential hazard rather than have them regret it at some later stage. Sorry your joke was shortlived.

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agabbycabbie wrote:
you hackney lot need a sense of humour transplant


If it's just a joke then please post the link again and I'll put it back.

The message you posted lacked credibility so I suspected that it wasn't genuine, and to that extent I wouldn't click on a link like that.

After reading JD's post I thought it better to delete the link, and did this in good faith to protect readers of this forum.

Sadly many so-called jokes on the internet can have disastourous consequences for those taken in by them.

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agabbycabbie wrote:
you hackney lot need a sense of humour transplant


There you go Sussex, promotion without de-regulation. :wink:
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But it's a demotion from solicitor :lol:

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Rumours. rumours . . .
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hehe

spotted it sussex

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