2002 Air crash in the UK ?

Thanks Mark for the heads up

Adam

Sure. It was a carbon copy of the email you get from eBay when you have a contested bid, unpaid fees, or any other kind of negative incident which eBay itself gets involved in.

Click “here” to go directly to the relevent page, opens in your browser as an identical page to ebay.com/uk/de/fr whatever. Log In you do, and wham someone has your details. In this case he didn’t even notice that there was something amiss at the time, he couldn’t find the info he thought he was being taken to, and just gave up and concentrated on something more important.

If you’re doing a lot of listings, or just have a busy workload and are handling a lot of emails like this guy was, then it is easy to fall into the trap. Obviously he’s kicking himself over it now (and we’re all taking the p*ss out of him in the office 😀 )

Some are executed far better than others.

My employer (head of a successful computer programming/IT firm) is currently going through a right mess with eBay because he fell for a really well organised and laid out phishing email.

Could you explain alittle more about this, just so any other ebay users on here can be cautious.

Many Thanks

Adam

Only a greedy imbecile would fall for those quick money making schemes

Do people still fall for this crap?

Some are executed far better than others.

My employer (head of a successful computer programming/IT firm) is currently going through a right mess with eBay because he fell for a really well organised and laid out phishing email.

I had a spam a week or so ago reportedly from an executor of the estate from someone who dies in a Kenya Airways crash in 2001 asking for my bank details etc etc.

Do people still fall for this crap?

Steve

Unfortunatley, yes!

I had a spam a week or so ago reportedly from an executor of the estate from someone who dies in a Kenya Airways crash in 2001 asking for my bank details etc etc.

Do people still fall for this crap?

Steve

Hello,

Can someone tell me if there was an aircrash at Birmingham in the UK on January 4th 2002 ?

I have received “SPAM” that has mention of an aircrash there on that date and am curious to know if indeed there was one.

Thanks
Alex

Please dont tell me that it also says that one of the victims of the crash has left you a huge sum of money…:rolleyes:

I have recieved numerous e-mails of a similar nature and dont believe a word of it, and as you quite rightly said it is a ‘SPAM’ e-mail and should be deleted!

AAIB report here

I believe the left side of the aircraft was in the sun, which gave the impression to those boarding the aircraft that there wasn’t any icing to worry about.
Because the left wing was clear, or mostly clear, of ice it generated more lift than the right wing.
I guess the preflight walk around wasn’t as thorough as it could have been.

Wikipidia:

On the morning of 4 January 2002 a Bombardier-CL604 business jet crashed on take-off from runway 15 at Birmingham.[3] The aircraft with registration N90AG was on lease by AGCO corporation and was carrying two company executives as well as the two pilots and an observer. After arriving from West Palm Beach Airport the previous evening, the aircraft was parked overnight at Birmingham where ice formed on the wings due to the cold weather conditions. The following morning the pilots did not request de-icing of the aircraft before their flight to Bangor Airport in Maine. The ice on the wings caused one wing to dip on take off, the aircraft inverted, crashed into grass besides the runway and caught fire. There were no survivors. Sleeping pills taken by both pilots the night before the crash are thought to have been a factor in reducing the pilots’ judgment.