4th of June 2004
The Things People Do...
I signed into MSN a few moments ago and was confronted with some random person adding me to their "Buddy" list. I approved it to see who they were, here is the transcript of the conversation that followed:
(20:44:38) lowey: do I know you?
(20:44:49) ...@hotmail.com: no u dont
(20:45:07) lowey: hmmm
(20:45:09) ...@hotmail.com: I have a question to u go to abberystwyth?
(20:45:16) lowey: yes
(20:45:19) lowey: why do you ask?
(20:45:47) ...@hotmail.com: alright this might seem kinda odd.. but do you have an "athens" passoword?
(20:45:53) ...@hotmail.com: i found you on a search by google
(20:46:10) lowey: ...! that is a little odd
(20:46:15) lowey: er, yeah I think I do
(20:46:21) lowey: although it may have expired
(20:47:46) ...@hotmail.com: see
(20:47:58) ...@hotmail.com: because your uni offers an a book ebook format ive been looking all over for a reasearch project
Truly bizarre. They wanted me to log in with my Athens password, get the book and pass it over to them. Honestly, who do they think I am? My Athens account isn't active so I couldn't do it anyway, but even if it had been I doubt I'd have done it - I'd have been putting myself at risk of copyright infringement penalties if I had!