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Just got this email:
Dear Friend, good day,
I apologise for invading your privacy, especially by contacting you through this means. I am Martial Douti, an attorney by profession here in the Republic of Togo. I have a Business Proposal of nine million eight hundred thousand dollars for you to handle.
Please contact me for more information if this interests you.
Regards,
Martial Douti, esq
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Martial Douti?
Isn’t he the cousin of Nigerian prince Buchi Olawale? Go for it! Those guys are connected!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Maybe he can teach you something about martial arts too!
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I use Gmail exclusively for my personal email, and I have never received this type of email before. I have heard of this and read about them many times on this site and other place, but never received one using Gmail.
Just an observation.
Anyhow, its funny that this kind of email scam is still being pursued. I wonder how one gets on their "mailing list".
Take the money and run!! Take The Money And Run - YouTube[^]
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I read somewhere that these scams are deliberately full of red flags in order to weed out people that can see through the BS - they'd rather not waste their time with them so they're casting a huge net with deliberate dumbstupid to try and rope in only the most gullible saps they can find. It's actually sort of devious.
Real programmers use butterflies
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I should have saved it, but I actually got one of these in snail mail (US Postal Service).
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Wow. Considering they have to pay actual money for that I wonder where it came from.
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I know a couple of guys who call themselves Rich, but actually, Dick is a much more common form. I guess those Richs I know don't want to be associated with other meanings of 'dick'.
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Seems to have far less ships than MarineTraffic.com[^].
I've been running an AIS receiver feeding data to MarineTraffic (and aishub.net) for the past 10 years.
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: I've been running an AIS receiver feeding data to MarineTraffic (and aishub.net) for the past 10 years. Great, then you should have no problem determining which vessel classification is being tracked on the map.
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Seem to be only military/Coast Guard vessels but the URL suggests it's from 2013. Not sure I get it.
Tracking military ships is notoriously difficult as they turn off the AIS and go dark. At least they have good reasons to. Other ships do it for far more nefarious reasons.
Mircea
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Mircea Neacsu wrote: Seem to be only military/Coast Guard vessels To me, it looks like anything but rowboats are included ... If there exists a rowboat with an AIS transmitter, I guess it is included as well, probably in the "Pleasure Craft" category.
Some of those "Pleasure Craft" vessels does not look like dead serious entries, judged by the AIS information they supply! Seems like the only requirement for transmitting AIS signals is that you can afford the transmitter. No formal requirements. If there are any at all, they must be extremely loose. It takes a lot more to obtain a CB or VHF license!
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Here in Canada you would get slapped with a hefty fine if you try to operate a VHF transmitter without proper license. And yes, they do monitor the frequency spectrum. Don't ask how I know that
SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea Conventions) requires all ships of over 300 tonnes to have an AIS. Smaller crafts can have it but it's not required. In principle, once you have your VHF license you can install an AIS without much fuss.
Mircea
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Looks like a go-to website for Somalian pirates!
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My god, can someone do something about all those dutch pirates!
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Fortunately, Navtex (which is mandatory for a number of vessel classes) is prepared for this: Subject indicator "D" heads "Search & rescue information, and pirate warnings" (Wikipedia: Navtex[^])
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Yes, something really must be done. They have descended to even greater depths of depravity, and now work for the tax authorities.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Finally, vikings are adhering to modern standards. Those longboats really needed some XXI century technology!
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