Meddling

It would’ve worked, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!

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Kelli Woolard found

The human remains found near the car of missing Johnston County woman Kelli Woolard were identified as Woolard, police say. Police say there were “no indications of foul play.”

If you’ll recall, Woolard’s car was in the parking lot of a day care center and her remains were found in the nearby woods. This was four miles away from her job at Duke Raleigh Hospital. I’ve seen nothing in the news to indicate she was a mother and I assume Woolard wasn’t into geocaching and so would not ordinarily be wandering through the woods. How is this not foul play? Or does “no indications” mean the Johnston County Sheriff is still gathering evidence?

I wonder if the autopsy revealed how she died. Heart attack, maybe? As a nurse, wouldn’t she know how to get to the nearest hospital?

Questions, questions.

Update: Apparently Woolard had a drug problem and killed herself. Sorry to hear that.

Warranty scammers now calling my cellphone

Great. The Great Atlantic Warranty scumbags are now calling my cellphone with their warranty scam recording. Got one at 11:12 this morning. This is even more annoying than the calls to the house because each and every call costs me money. Today’s call came from the bogus caller id of 562-288-7125. The previous call was from 408-587-2143.

I’ve not given these jackasses much attention lately but that has now changed. Its time to give them the full-court press.

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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Slipping through the cracks

Two years ago I wrote how the picture of little Sean Ford Paddock haunted me. It still does. Kids don’t deserve the kind of abuse this poor kid and his siblings had to suffer. It turns my stomach.

Now the murder trial of Lynn Paddock has begun. I hope that something good can come out of this, that something will change, but I’m not optimistic.

Its such a complex problem. Sean couldn’t stay home because of abuse. He couldn’t stay with his uncle because of the expense. All he had left was Lynn Paddock, the adoptive mother who offered him a loveless home. Where do you go when your parents aren’t fit to be parents?

More car warranty

A friend sent a link to an interesting thread about Automotive Warranty Solutions, one of the sketchy Florida-based warranty shops I’ve previously blogged about. Check it out if you get one of those pushy sales calls out of the blue trying to mislead you into parting with $2500.

Oh, and I got yet another email from a friend this morning with more information on the company. Thanks for your contributions, folks!

Incidentally, my blog gets a lot of traffic about this racket. Its probably the biggest search-engine referral I get right now. (Oh, if only one of my siblings had started a web-analytics company and then sold it to Google, I would have a way to track my site statistics.)

North Korean reactor in Syria?

A while back I mentioned the bombing run Israeli warplanes made on a mysterious building in Syria. Today, the BBC reports that the CIA has video showing North Koreans and a nuclear reactor in the facility.

What I don’t understand is that the site was wiped clean after the bombing run. Also, as far as I know there was no trace of radiation. I also fail to believe that the Syrians could be so stupid as to build a reactor in plain view of spy satellites, especially knowing that Israel has no qualms about taking them out.

If the CIA does have video inside a secret Syrian nuclear facility, well, bully for them. That would be a major accomplishment. Highly unlikely, but within the realm of possibility. However, because we normally don’t get closer than 200 miles to these things (that is, with imagery from our satellites), call me skeptical. This new “revelation” simply raises more questions for me.

New phishing scam targets Latinos

Got a hangup call this evening from the number 503-898-9988. No message was left, so its the same M.O. as the car warranty scams I’ve blogged about before.

A perusal of 800notes.com shows the calling party plays a Spanish recording telling the caller he’s won a prize and to press 1 for an operator. I’m not sure what happens next as no one’s posted anything, but it sure sounds fishy. Apparently speaking English to the calling party is enough to get you disconnected, from what people have said.

The calls are targeting the Triangle, Colorado, and the San Francisco areas, according to the posted reports. My Spanish is nonexistent, so I can’t bait these guys like I might’ve done for Great Atlantic Warranty.

If you’ve gotten a call like this, please send me a comment describing your call. And please post on 800notes.com, too!

Gen Drebery is an unwelcome guest

This is the second comment spam I’ve seen on my site(s). When WordPress emails me about a new comment, the new spam looks like this:

Author : Gen Drebery+ACc-,+ACc-deber@gmail.com+ACc-,+ACc-+ACc-,+ACc-63.2.12.45+ACc-,+ACc-2008-01-25 23:21:20+ACc-,+ACc-2008-01-25 23:21:20+ACc-,+ACc-+ACc-,+ACc-0+ACc-,+ACc-Internet Explorer+ACc-,+ACc-comment+ACc-,+ACc-0+ACc-,+ACc-0+ACc-),(+ACc-0+ACc-, +ACc-+ACc-, (IP: 69.31.80.66 , colo-69-31-80-66.pilosoft.com)

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