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Say it ain't so Sir Tim
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:00 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the worldwide web, has revealed how he fell victim to online fraudsters while trying to buy a gift over the internet.
Sir Tim, who dreamt up the web 20 years ago, said he bought a Christmas present from an online shop. It was only when the present didn't arrive that he realised he had been conned.
He is one of an increasing number of victims of online cyber crime. Around one in four internet users in the UK have fallen victim to online phishing scams that attempt to steal people's financial details while one in six have fallen victim to other types of online fraud.
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Re: Say it ain't so Sir Tim
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:49 pm
by wintergreen48
I'd open the link, except that I'm afraid it is probably some kind of internet scam...
Re: Say it ain't so Sir Tim
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:29 pm
by ulysses5019
wintergreen48 wrote:I'd open the link, except that I'm afraid it is probably some kind of internet scam...
But I thought you were infallible.
Re: Say it ain't so Sir Tim
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:57 pm
by etaoin22
It occurs to me that by now, his achievement is not worth just a knighthood:
Lord Berners-Lee is better
Re: Say it ain't so Sir Tim
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:49 am
by silverscreenselect
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the worldwide web, has revealed how he fell victim to online fraudsters while trying to buy a gift over the internet.
He should know about online fraudsters, claiming to have invented the Internet.
Everyone knows Al Gore invented the Internet.