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  Friday 2004-12-31 - Groningen, the Netherlands

Bidding on Ebay

New Year’s eve, I’m staying with my parents in Groningen to celebrate the change into a new year with them. At 23:00 my cell phone rings (too early for new year’s wishes — who could that be?). When I answer I get someone on the line from Ebay in the UK (OK, it’s only 22:00 there): they have someone placing a lot of bids using an email address @iamback.com. So they’re checking (after obviously having gotten my phone number from the domain registration database) whether it’s a valid email address or I have authorized it.

Well, neither, I explain. It’s certainly not me, and I control the domain and the email server, so no one even could be using an email address @iamback.com and actually get email. Try sending an email, I suggest. That satisfies the caller — who then apologizes for calling so late on New Year’s eve, and wishes me a pleasant evening.

Weird…

posted: Wednesday 2005-09-14 05:28 UTC aftermath, internet