CAN YOU SAY, "DENIAL OF SERVICE?" - SURE YOU CAN!
SUNDAY! Yup, the last time we posted here it was Tuesday and we were sneaking out of Louisiana back to Palm Springs. Well, we made it, but the website didn't! Can you say, "denial of service?" Do you even know what that is? Okay, next word - can you say, "Moldova?" Well, we knew what "denial of service" was, but we had no clue when it came to "Moldova" - and we certainly didn't know that the two could be related. One last question; ever hear of the "Nigerian Email Scam?"
Here's the story. When we finally got back to Palm Springs and fired up the computer using our pirated internet service we couldn't log into the Riding4Beer website. As a matter fact, it took hours on the phone with "tech support" (in India!) before we had access and then we found thousands of reader comments and posts waiting for approval. But there was something funny about all of them - they were all from the same place and they all contained the same information, basically garbage! That's right, nothing but garbled letters and numbers.
Well it turns out that some folks in the Republic of Moldova (NOT KIDDING) were using our website to "bounce" those phony Nigerian emails to unsuspecting widows and orphans around the world. In case you're wondering, Moldova is a landlocked former Russian state located between Romania and the Ukraine - sucks to be Moldovian! Anyway, those former caviar eating, commie loving bastards had taken control of our website and were using its address to scam people out of their hard earned lotto winnings - AND NOT SHARING ANY OF IT WITH US! The good news is that everything is back to normal now and we've locked the Moldovians out of our website, but the even better news is that the cash just keeps pouring in from all those widows and orphans...
In case you're wondering, here's Moldova! They have their own flag - maybe we can wipe our a_ses with it!
Doesn't it look like a GREAT country? (internet photo) A__hole Moldovians! - We could've been replying to this offer!
Here's the story. When we finally got back to Palm Springs and fired up the computer using our pirated internet service we couldn't log into the Riding4Beer website. As a matter fact, it took hours on the phone with "tech support" (in India!) before we had access and then we found thousands of reader comments and posts waiting for approval. But there was something funny about all of them - they were all from the same place and they all contained the same information, basically garbage! That's right, nothing but garbled letters and numbers.
Well it turns out that some folks in the Republic of Moldova (NOT KIDDING) were using our website to "bounce" those phony Nigerian emails to unsuspecting widows and orphans around the world. In case you're wondering, Moldova is a landlocked former Russian state located between Romania and the Ukraine - sucks to be Moldovian! Anyway, those former caviar eating, commie loving bastards had taken control of our website and were using its address to scam people out of their hard earned lotto winnings - AND NOT SHARING ANY OF IT WITH US! The good news is that everything is back to normal now and we've locked the Moldovians out of our website, but the even better news is that the cash just keeps pouring in from all those widows and orphans...
In case you're wondering, here's Moldova! They have their own flag - maybe we can wipe our a_ses with it!
Doesn't it look like a GREAT country? (internet photo) A__hole Moldovians! - We could've been replying to this offer!
We will donate to those poor Nigerians that are always asking for all that money online, bless their souls. We do love you two silly bastards, but you allready know that.
guy and cary.
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