July 21, 2008

There were 2 posts published on July 21, 2008 (this is page 1 of 1).

Policy on sex slaves

This News and Observer headline is wrong on a few levels:

Woman may have been sex slaves, policy say

By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., The Charlotte Observer
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Police say two women arrested after a prostitution investigation may have been sex slaves — illegally trafficked into the United States and sleeping on mattresses at the back of a Monroe massage parlor.

I, for one, wasn’t aware there was a policy on sex slaves. Even so, the slang “policy say” is a bit too hip for a newspaper. Also, its unclear how one woman may have been more than one sex slave, unless there was perhaps some sort of outsourcing going on.

Hmm. Could it be that McClatchy is missing some of those staffers it recently canned?

Update @12:19: Looks like the N&O has fixed its headline. Thanks, y’all!

The Karl Fischer domain scam

Just got a scam email into my $WORK inbox. Someone claiming to be from an Asia domain-name registrar says someone named Karl Fischer is trying to register domain names related to my employer (where my company’s name is xxxx):

Dear Manager,

Asia Network is the company of internet services that the domain registration is one of the major online style of our service range. Now we have something need to confirm with you. We hope you to cooperate with us. On July 21th 2008, we received an application from one person named “Karl Fischer” who wants to register some domains(xxxx.jp xxxx.kr xxxx.pk xxxx.co.in)and internet brand(xxxx). According to our investigation, we found that domain names have relevance to your company’s name and trademark, so we send this email for you to confirm it. We are dealing with this affair in these days, so we wish to get the confirmation and the assent of your company. If Karl Fischer doesn’t belong to your company and you don’t authorize him to register these domains, Pls contact with me soon in order to prevent some guy from abusing your trademarks and the company names.
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