On The Verge Of Something Wonderful

I heard this on Sonshine FM the other day, and it struck me as a unique song. It's written by Darren Hayes, who has started out in his solo career after leaving Savage Garden:

A serpent, a rabbit
A walk in the forest
A tentative looking sun
A feeling, a moment
A bursting of bubbles
A panic to overcome

A samurai, an angel
An eloquent table
An AC that does not work
A road trip, a car wreck
A paperback novel
A lover who ain’t been hurt

When you let me go, now I’m on my way
When the world below, is cold and grey
On the verge of, on the verge of something wonderful
A resurgence, on the edge of something wonderful

For it, against it
Said he’d never meant it, but Harry still dropped the bomb
A trip to the dentist, the Hollywood black list
A moment that time forgot

When you let me go, now I’m on my way
When the world below, is cold and grey
On the verge of, on the verge of, something wonderful
At the edge of, on the verge of, something wonderful

You can dance in the devil’s shoes, you like walking in heels
There’s a decent living to be made in the selling out of ideals
You can lose your way in the big city
Get distracted and lost and feel pretty, Ooh, Ooh …

I want you, I need you
I don’t wanna please you, or belong to anyone
But life is for leading, for not people pleasing
A race that has never been won

When you let me go, when I’m on my way
When the world below, is cold and grey
On the verge of, on the verge of something wonderful
At the edge of, on the verge of something wonderful
On the verge of, on the verge of something wonderful
A resurgence, on the edge of something wonderful

Osama Bin Laden Captured

I got an email from a friend of mine the other day that read:

Emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden hanged are being sent and the moment that you open these emails your computer will crash and you will not be able to fix it!

If you get an email along the lines of 'Osama Bin Laden Captured'

or 'Osama Hanged' don't open the attachment.

This e-mail is being distributed through countries around the globe.
Be considerate & send this warning to whomever you know.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS

If you Google this, you get the following hits:

• Trend Micro
• Break The Chain
• Hoax Busters
• Truth Or Fiction

From the Truth Or Fiction website:

There is no Osama Bin Laden suicide or any suicide photos, but one of the emails claiming to have the pictures is actually carrying a virus. The goal of the email is to trick recipients into clicking the attached file. That unleashes a Trojan Hose type virus that makes it possible for the virus writers to take over your computer and use it as a messenger for reaching other computers. It is similar to the Anna Kournikova virus that circulated before this one and tried to lure recipients into clicking the file by offering nude photos. The folks at Sophos Anti-Virus classed it as VBS/Nedal-A and say it's been around since 2002. For more details, go to:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=99686

In June, 2002, a corrupted version of this Osama Bin Laden warning started circulating along with a virus warning that is an old hoax. It claimed that if you opened the attachment to the Osama Bin Laden email you would get a virus that will destroy your hard drive. That is not true. Then the eRumor also talks about an "Invitation" or "Olympic Torch" virus, which does not exist and is a hoax.

This is a hoax. Bottom line: keep your anti-virus software up-to-date, and don't open suspect emails and their attachments.

Contact Approved Claims Personnel Immediately

I received this email the other day:

From: "paul reifenstein"
Date: 27 August 2007 4:44:29 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Contact Approved Claims Personnel Immediately.
Reply-To: vccmchart@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Customer,

We announce to you of our Visa Credit Card Prize.Your Email appears to be one of the 7 Lucky Winners, with the following Numbers:

Winning Number: 90038
Play Number: 777V-S-S
Registered Code: AX-0033V-L-3181-C-C
Notification Number 1100VC, KXQ
Amount Won: £1,500,000GBP (One Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterling)

Please Contact your Claims Personnel citing the Numbers above for processing of your Claims:

Contact Person: Mr. Reynold Hunter
Email Address: agent.reyhunter@vccarduk.com

Mrs.Carmen Hart.

A quick Google search revealed one exact match on an obscure mailing list.

I think it's a scam for a number of reasons:

• The sender is not from Visa, like the email claims to be. Their email address is a Canadian address.
• The reply-to address is in the UK, and doesn't match the sender's address.
  
• This address is a yahoo address, something that anyone can setup for free.
  
• It's sent to "undisclosed recipients". That means it's the same email sent to many people. How likely is it that you've won, along with a thousand others?
• The email address in the body of the email differs from the Sender and Reply-To address.
• The general structure of the email matches other known scams. Eg having a bunch of numbers like "Winning Numbers", "Notification Number" etc.

Before you reply to any emails that look suspect, check out these sorts of details. Chances are, it's a scam.