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    Anyone we know?

    IT exec sets up fake biz, uses it to bill his bosses $6m for phantom gear, gets caught by Microsoft Word metadata • The Register


    I know of a similar story in the UK from about 10 years ago
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

    #2
    no

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      #3
      101 idiot error: not removing the metadata from the documents.

      How basic can you get?!?
      "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
      - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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        #4
        At which point during your $6m dollars worth of fraud do you stop and consider whether you're pushing it too far.

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          #5
          Originally posted by cojak View Post
          101 idiot error: not removing the metadata from the documents.

          How basic can you get?!?
          And erm out of interest, how would one go about removing this incriminating metadata *cough*.

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            #6
            Originally posted by vwdan View Post
            At which point during your $6m dollars worth of fraud do you stop and consider whether you're pushing it too far.
            Once you've started the scam - failing to send the next invoice could be what reveals the scam - hence you may as well continue.
            merely at clientco for the entertainment

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              #7
              Originally posted by woohoo View Post
              And erm out of interest, how would one go about removing this incriminating metadata *cough*.
              File
              >>Info
              >>>Properties
              >>>>Advanced Properties
              …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                #8
                Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                File
                >>Info
                >>>Properties
                >>>>Advanced Properties
                it was a failed miserable joke, but I thank you for your instructions.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by woohoo View Post
                  it was a failed miserable joke, but I thank you for your instructions.

                  It's always useful if you ever borrow documentation.

                  And always worth checking if you're ever given documentation that is far better than the person normally provides.
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by cojak View Post
                    101 idiot error: not removing the metadata from the documents.

                    How basic can you get?!?
                    Lots of recruiters never do, so it's easy to trace who the end customer is (in case they didn't tell you)
                    Слава Україні! Героям слава!

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