AOW – well, if it were then Elvis is living with JFK on the moon and we should all wrap our heads in aluminium foil. Come on, think about it! All I wanted to say was if you get something like this in your e-mail, and before you send it to everyone, do a sanity check on the material! Not difficult and could save you propogating the hysteria!

DJD – Correct. People should (but won’t) learn about the hazards of the internet/computers and alien invasion before worrying about it. My advice is – for most things – if it sounds too good to be true, it isn’t and is that really possible…

Have a Merry Christmas and rememeber, the biggest cause of computer fraud is a breakdown in common sense between keyboard and chair in the house of the victim.

Here the solution to internet safety and personal data protection – prior to acceding to anyone’s request for data, ask who they are, determine if what you are giving away poses a risk if used improperly and always ask is it too good to be true? (you haven’t won the lottery of the republic of Spamistan).

Perhaps more importantly people ought to learn a bit about computers/the internet etc… before using them, being ripped off and then wondering why.